College of Arts: Recent submissions
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Relations between the European Union and its neighbourhood : studying the case of the South Caucasus through eclecticism and pragmatism and different logics of action.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)This thesis studies complex and contradictory relations between the South Caucasus and the European Union (EU). The thesis covers three main periods, which are: the early relations in the 1990s, the European Neighbourhood ... -
Ngāti Kuia : stories about the past.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)This thesis explores Ngāti Kuia stories about the past from a Ngāti Kuia perspective. The past is a powerful tool that has been wielded against groups such as Ngāti Kuia. This thesis argues that history plays a vital role ... -
Learned Construction Grammars Converge Across Registers Given Increased Exposure
(Association for Computational Linguistics, 2021)This paper measures the impact of increased exposure on whether learned construction grammars converge onto shared representations when trained on data from different registers. Register influences the frequency of ... -
Introduction: Phonetic fieldwork in southern New Guinea
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Phonetic fieldwork in southern New Guinea
(University of Hawai'i Press, 2021)This special publication of Language Documentation & Conservation represents a collection of the first available phonetic descriptions of several languages of Southern New Guinea. This area encompasses the southernmost ... -
Ways of life as modes of presentation
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021)Books and journal articles have become the dominant modes of presentation in contemporary philosophy. This historically contingent paradigm prioritises textual expression and assumes a distinction between philosophical ... -
“Only God Can Be”: Aleksandr Vvedensky, Kant,God, and Time
(2021)This article discusses the place of God in the poetic system of Aleksandr Vvedensky. Vvedensky’s famous pronouncement on his “poetic critique” is more throughgoing than Kant’s critical enterprise, and invites a comparison ... -
Preverbal directionals as markers of associated motion in Paluai (Austronesian, Oceanic)
(De Gruyter Mouton, 2021)This chapter discusses the directional paradigm of Paluai, an Oceanic language spoken on Baluan Island in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. It shows that these forms are used as preverbal particles not only to indicate ... -
The neglected religion of Philip Clairmont
(University of Canterbury, 2000)Philip Clairmont (1949-1984) is discussed within New Zealand's art history as an expressionist. This was only one aspect of his oeuvre. Unfortunately, many critics and art historians have neglected the importance of religion ... -
Remembering Makea Takau Ariki, the Queen of Rarotonga, 1871–1911.
(2018)Reflects on historiographical aspects relating to the former Rarotongan queen, and in particular how the tropes of the ‘honorary man’, the ‘singular exception’ and ‘better than a man’, which often framed the historiographies ... -
An investigation into the European Union's generation and use of sea power
(University of Canterbury, 2021)In the last decade, the European Union has been increasingly active in the maritime domain. Based on the achievements that the European Union has accomplished in the international maritime security domain, the thesis claims ... -
The collapse of a superpower : the fall of communism, the military, and the threat of a coup in Russia, 1992-1996
(University of Canterbury, 1999)This thesis examines the impact of regime transitions on the military, and the likelihood of a military coup. This examination is conducted within the context of the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet ... -
A numbers game: two case studies in teaching data journalism
(SAGE Publications, 2016)Influenced by the practices of social scientists, data journalists seek to create stories that frame social reality through quantitative data analysis. While the use of statistics by journalists is not new, exponential ... -
Inclusive Journalism
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Dependence or independence : New Zealand's external relations, 1942-1952
(University of Canterbury, 1999)This thesis looks at the New Zealand's external relations in the period 1942- 1952 and in particular the degree of independence, from other countries, exercised by the Government in Wellington when deciding external affairs ... -
Government formation : New Zealand, MMP and minority outcomes
(University of Canterbury, 1999)In 1996 New Zealand changed its electoral system to a proportional representation system known as Mixed Member Proportional (MMP). The new electoral system affected many areas of New Zealand politics from the number of ... -
Nationalism and democracy : Taiwanese nationalism and Taiwan's democratization
(University of Canterbury, 1999)It is interesting that nationalism and democracy can be closely related and can reinforce each other in some countries. Most social scientists, however, concentrates their research either on nationalism or democracy. This ... -
A legitimacy crisis in the European Union? : a neo-functionalist examination of the state of legitimacy in the EU
(University of Canterbury, 2000)The extensive deepening and widening of the European Union that has taken place during the 1990's has resulted in the emergence of many issues that challenge the course of integration. The legitimacy of the Union is one ...