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Phonetics and phonology of Idi
(University of Hawai'i Press, 2021)This paper provides a first description of the phonetics and phonology of Idi (Pahoturi River; ISO 639-3: idi, glottocode: idii1243) as spoken by about 1,000 people in the villages of Dimsisi and Sibidiri, located in the ... -
Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 2/2019-20
(2020)The two policy briefs that this Jean Monnet Chair will issue annually for the period September 2017 – September 2020 will cover the following aspects of the contemporary developments of the Balkan States and the Eastern ... -
Policing through parody with Wellington Paranormal
(2019)In late 2018, the New Zealand Police released a series of paranormal-themed road safety videos hosted by fictional Officers Minogue and O’Leary, the bumbling comic double act who helm the deadpan mockumentary series ... -
Remembering Helen Macmillan Brown.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This research paper examines the life and memory of Helen Macmillan Brown (née Connon). Helen was the first woman in the British Empire to earn a master’s degree in 1881 as an early graduate of Canterbury College. She was ... -
‘Whither shall I send my son?’ : Remittance Men in New Zealand ‘
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This is the study of British gentlemen exiled by family to the colonies in the nineteenth century, known as Remittance Men. Despite being a small but consistent migrant type to British settler societies and the subject of ... -
Thy grace on ever flowing tide : everyday life on the voyage out in the shipboard accounts of migrant women to Canterbury, c. 1850-1885.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This dissertation examines the experiences of migrant women on the voyage out to Canterbury between 1850 and 1885. The experiences of these women have not been explored in great depth. It is only recently that scholars ... -
Virtues, vices and place attachment
(2021)There is a virtue associated with forming and maintaining relationships to places. This virtue has not been recognised by philosophers, but it plays a role in indigenous cultures across the world. Hence, place attachment ... -
Language attitudes, accentedness and comprehensibility: a sociolinguistic study of Arabic and Arabic-accented English.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)This thesis investigates attitudes towards varieties of Arabic. A key characteristic of the sociolinguistics of the Arab world is that Standard Arabic, Classical Arabic, and Modern Standard Arabic co-exist in a diglossic ... -
Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 1/2019-20
(2020)The two policy briefs that this Jean Monnet Chair will issue annually for the period September 2017 – September 2020 will cover the following aspects of the contemporary developments of the Balkan States and the Eastern ... -
Isolation, identity, and gender : an investigation of vowel variation in the Gloriavale Christian Community.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)This thesis explores the Gloriavale Christian Community, an isolated religious community currently living on the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand. The social structure of the community differs significantly to ... -
Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 2/2018-19 (Socio-Political Conditions and Developments)
(National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury, 2019)The two policy briefs that this Jean Monnet Chair will issue annually for the period September 2017 – September 2020 will cover the following aspects of the contemporary developments of the Balkan States and the Eastern ... -
Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 1/2018-19 (General socio-economic trends and relations with New Zealand)
(National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury, 2019)The two policy briefs that this Jean Monnet Chair will issue annually for the period September 2017 – September 2020 will cover the following aspects of the contemporary developments of the Balkan States and the Eastern ... -
Production vs Perception: The Role of Individuality in Usage-Based Grammar Induction
(Association for Computational Linguistics, 2021)This paper asks whether a distinction between production-based and perception-based grammar induction influences either (i) the growth curve of grammars and lexicons or (ii) the similarity between representations learned ... -
Subversion of enlightenment discourse in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)The Enlightenment era saw the rise in popularity of an epistemology that valued fact and reason due, largely, to the evolution of scientific knowledge. This resulted in an epistemological shift that emphasised reason and ... -
Peering through the trees, or, everything I've ever learned about American summer camp came from Friday the 13th Parts 1-4 and The Baby-Sitter's Club Super Special #2
(Horror Homeroom, 2020)In the early 1980s, first Mrs Voorhees and then her damaged, homicidal son hacked and slashed their way along the shores of Crystal Lake. Fifteen years later, in New Zealand, my friends and I - all members of the VHS ... -
Ukraine through a Baltic lens: Regional networks of meanings
(2020)What “storylines” appear in the Baltic news media about Ukraine in terms of Ukraine’s perceived capability, opportunity, and affinity? Is there a regional – Baltic – “storyline” emerging, or are these “storylines” ... -
The Independent Media of New Zealand
(Oxford University, 2021)New Zealand has high global measures for press freedom, democracy, and wealth. Historically, if a country has had strong index rankings for press freedom, democracy, and wealth, they also have a robust independent media ... -
Why were the Sikhs loyal to the British, if indeed they were, during the Indian Mutiny of 1857?
(University of Canterbury, 1993)This thesis will endeavour to ascertain the nature and extent of Sikh support for the British during the Indian "Mutiny" of 1857. It will analyse the importance of this support. The thesis will maintain that without the ... -
An analysis of the role of the EU as a parliamentary democracy promoter in improving federal parliamentary performance in Pakistan : a case study of the IP3 project
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis attempts to contribute to the knowledge of parliamentary democracy promotion in the 21st century. Parliamentary democracy promotion is a small but growing component of international democracy assistance. The ... -
Beyond ‘the limits and the terms’: narrative technique and ethical reading in the fiction of Ian McEwan.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)In this thesis, I explore the link between narrative technique and ethical reading in the fiction of Ian McEwan. Specifically, I use narratological concepts to examine the way in which McEwan encourages an ethical approach ...