Modern Languages (School of): Recent submissions
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Trends in modern morphology: a critical study
(1984) - ThesisIn comparison with the fields of phonology, syntax, and semantics, there is a distinct lack of a comprehensive and critical study of morphological theory, particularly modern trends in this sub-branch of linguistic ... -
An axiomatic functionalist analysis of the phonology of Yulu
(1976) - ThesisThis thesis is concerned with the description of Yulu, a language which has not previously been subjected to modern linguistic analysis. Thus this thesis has two important aspects. Firstly, however remote a Language, ... -
The expression of identity in Equatorial Guinean narratives (1994 - 2007)
(University of St Andrews, 2012-06-21) - ThesisEquatorial Guinea is the only former Spanish colony in Africa south of the Sahara. Consequently, the Spanish-language literature produced by its authors has been resistant to classification in both the fields of Hispanic ... -
Shams al-dim al-Sakhawi as a historian of the 9th/15th century : with an edition of that section of his chronicles (Wajiz al-kalam) covering the period 800-849 / 1397-1445
(1972) - ThesisAlthough a prolific writer of history, Sakhawi is, primarily, a traditionist. As such, accuracy both in utterance and writing would, by the very nature of his training, be his first objective. Modern writers appear ... -
Sites of struggle: representations of family in Spanish film (1996-2004)
(University of St Andrews, 2010-06-24) - ThesisThis thesis analyses how ways of thinking about and meanings of family are (re)negotiated and (re)presented in six films that, to varying degrees, are categorised as cine social. The group of films consists of Familia (León ...