Social Anthropology: Recent submissions
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The nature and causes of allomorphy in Cuzco Quechua : with special reference to the marking of person and the 'empty morph' ni-
(University of St Andrews, 1994) - ThesisIt is the purpose of this thesis to examine the reasons why Cuzco Quechua, an Amerindian language of Latin America, uses allomorphs, or multiple forms, to represent the minimal semantic units of the language (or morphemes). ... -
Sexual violence : dynamics, aftermath and intervention
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisThis thesis examines the nature of sexual violence, the trauma experienced by survivors, how report rate for this type of crime can be increased, and how secondary victimisation of survivors can be prevented. Laboratory ... -
Emotional state, event-related impact and blame cognitions : a study of secondary victims of murder
(University of St Andrews, 1998) - ThesisPrevious studies have found a relationship between attributions of blame and traumatic events such as crime, illness, and accidents/disasters, albeit inconclusive as to the benefits or detriments of self- and other-blame ... -
The concept of the Outlook Tower in the work of Patrick Geddes
(University of St Andrews, 1987) - ThesisAs an academic, a scholar and a thinker Patrick Geddes worked in a wide and diverse range of intellectual fields. He was active in biology and botany, geography, sociology, what came to be called town planning, history and ... -
Humiliation : a theme in ecclesiastical folklore
(University of St Andrews, 1983) - ThesisThis work is an investigation into the background of a phemomenon found in the field of folklore, namely, public shame. In particular, the Spanish Inquisition provides the context for an enquiry into why a people accepted ...