Dissertations / Theses: 'Foreign influences'

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Jordaan, Johannes Cornelius. "Foreign direct investment and neighbouring influences." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04182005-094319.

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Syukur, Iskandar. "The question of foreign influences on early Islamic law." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23245.

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This study aims to discuss the question of foreign influences on early Islamic law. This issue has been dealt with from various perspectives. Some scholars claim that Roman law was the predominant influence in formulating Islamic law, both in its legal concepts and its application. Certain scholars, however, maintain that the provincial law influenced Islamic law more, arguing that Roman law was not really practiced in former Greek provinces where Islamic law was formulated. Still others argue that Jewish influences are also believed to have shaped the development of early Islamic law, considering that Babylonian schools were situated close to the Hanafi school.
The problem of foreign influences on early Islamic law, however, is a matter of degree only as far as the pre-Islamic Arab traditions are concerned. It is believed that certain institutions derived from pre-Islamic Arabic society, the Qur' an and the traditions of the Prophet provided the early Muslims with a considerable wealth of values, norms and broad principles as well as specific rules which were to guide the Muslims in their legal speculation in order to develop positive law.

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Meng, Yue. "Influences on Chinese consumers' responses to domestic and foreign sports sponsorship." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.530825.

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Inagamov, Behzod. "JAPANESE INTERNAL INFLUENCES ON FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE WORLD WAR II." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-113620.

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This dissertation focuses on Japanese policy as a whole, internal and external policy priorities and objectives, in order to illustrate the role, and analyze the level of effectiveness of conducted foreign policy tools. This paper explores some of the reasons and factors of conducted internal and external policy tools. Therefore, it shows how effective and in timely manner reaction of Japanese to state's internal policy, has influenced and played a key role during the country recovery and restoration. Moreover, proper policy objectives not only have restored the country but also made Japan one of the most advanced world centers. Japan is in a number of the advanced countries of the world, participating in modern world political process which dynamics has the general laws and the tendencies of development connected with transformation of the Pacific Rim into the center of global activity of the leading countries of the world. Changes in global scale, aftermath of the World War II affect the significant characteristic of foreign policy, official and economic diplomacy of Japan towards peace and security advocating country.

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Amadhila, Nelago Ndapandula Ndanyanyukwa. "Perspectives on China's rise in Namibia: the effects on foreign policy and domestic politics." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002968.

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This thesis analyses the different levels at which China’s presence in Namibia affects Namibia’s domestic politics and foreign policy from a constructivist viewpoint. Constructivist theory is used to examine the different perceptions of the Chinese in Namibia and how these inform Namibian politics and Sino-Namibian relations. These perceptions are formed at different levels of society in formal and informal relations, state-to-state, state-to-business,business-to-business and individual-to-group relations. The way in which perceptions of Chinese involvement in Namibia at the grassroots level of society differ from those at the top increasingly has an effect on domestic Namibian politics and, as such, Sino-Namibian relations. This identifies official and non-official perceptions of China’s political, economic and social presence to determine the effects of grassroots on China vis-à-vis official perceptions in Namibian politics and the effects of grassroots views on Namibian politics and on official views and state behaviour towards China and China’s presence in the country.

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Zurovchak, John Francis. "Cultural Influences on Foreign Policy Decision Making: Comparing the Structures and Processes of Czech and Slovak Foreign Policy Organizations /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148793199346666.

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Mooney, Joanne. "An examination of the influences on Australian foreign policy in the South Pacific /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1989. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arm818.pdf.

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Lloyd, Brant M. "Perspectives of Foreign Language Teachers on Influences, Challenges, and Practices Affecting Language Choice." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6004.

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In light of the 2010 recommendation of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages that teachers use the target language (TL) "as exclusively as possible," teachers face the necessity of promoting target language use and assessing how their language choices influence their students. The purpose of this study was to analyze teachers' perspectives and practices of whether to use students' first language or the target language. Data from over 100 foreign language teachers, predominantly those in the K-12 sector, were collected through a survey in order to measure how teachers manage the phenomenon of language choice. The findings were analyzed descriptively, categorically, and inferentially to find relationships among teachers in general, as well as within subgroups of participants. Findings indicate that teachers felt using the target language was more of a challenge for academic purposes because of their belief that they should be conducted in the TL. Academic tasks were also reported involving a greater quantity of speech functions, which made them more difficult to complete in the target language. Additional findings showed that teachers in general were most often influenced by student attitudes, motivation, and proficiency as well as their own attitudes, motivation, and proficiency. For certain subgroups, however, when teachers focused more on their own proficiency, motivation, training and experience they were more likely to reach 90% TL use or more. Furthermore, it was found that promoting the target language effectively equated with incorporating many strategies that supported TL goals. The most prevalent techniques found for promoting TL use were preparing for making input comprehensible, giving praise and recognition, and explaining its importance at the beginning of the year. Recommendations for increasing the ability of teachers to face the challenges of TL use are to simplify and increase the academic, social, and managerial purposes for which it can be used, prioritize and focus on the most influential factors of language choice (LC) within teachers' control, and form and promote a plan for TL use built upon a foundation of most effective techniques and practices for optimizing language choices.

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Schiavon, Elisabetta <1990&gt. "How religion influences the foreign policy of countries. The U.S.-Israel special alliance." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/8557.

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La mia tesi si propone di analizzare come la religione influenza le politiche estere dei paesi della comunità internazionale. Esaminerò in particolar modo la speciale alleanza tra Stati Uniti d'America e Israele, prendendo in considerazione i comuni valori giudaico-cristiani che le due nazioni condividono.

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Johnson, Brianne J. McManness Linda M. "Foreign language learning : an exploratory study on the external and internal influences affecting success /." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/3959.

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FILHO, GERALDO NAGIB ZAHRAN. "THE LIBERAL TRADITION OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS INFLUENCES ON FOREIGN POLICY REFLECTIONS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2005. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=6459@1.

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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO
São muitas as análises sobre a política externa dos Estados Unidos, mas dentre todas elas destaca-se um tipo específico que utiliza a distinção entre políticas realistas e idealistas para caracterizá-la. A presente dissertação dialoga com esse tipo de análise da política externa do país, fornecendo uma alternativa para essa interpretação bipartida entre realismo e idealismo. Resgatando o conceito da tradição política liberal nos Estados Unidos, desenvolvido pela primeira vez pelos adeptos do paradigma da história consensual da década de 50, esta pesquisa identifica as influências dessa tradição liberal na política externa. Segundo a idéia de tradição liberal, a grande característica da política nos Estados Unidos é a ausência de uma tradição conservadora; os valores liberais estão completamente difundidos e impregnados no pensamento político do país. O maior reflexo desse fato na política externa é a capacidade dos Estados Unidos de projetarem seus interesses e valores particulares como universais. Tal característica se sobrepõe à suposta divisão da política externa em vertentes realistas e idealistas. Assim, a pesquisa se desenvolve analisando as relações existentes entre as análises de política externa que se utilizam dessa distinção entre realismo e idealismo e a tradição liberal, em dois momentos específicos: no fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial, período em que essas análises começam a se disseminar, e no pós-Guerra Fria.
There are a great number of analyses on United States foreign policy, but among all of them there is a specific kind that uses a distinction between realist and idealist polices to classify it. The present dissertation engages itself with this specific kind of analysis, proposing an alternative to this realist-idealist interpretation. Recalling the concept of the liberal tradition of the United States, first developed by the followers of the consensus history paradigm during the decade of 50, this work identifies the influences of this liberal tradition on United States foreign policy. In accordance with the argument of the liberal tradition, the major characteristic of politics in the United States is the absence of a conservative tradition; the liberal values are completely embedded on the political thought of the country. The great reflex of this fact on foreign policy is the capacity of the United States in projecting its own interests and values as if they were universals. This characteristic supplants the supposed realist-idealist division of foreign policy. In this way, this work develops an analysis of the relations between the writings on foreign policy that use this realist-idealist division and the liberal tradition, in two specific moments: the end of World War II, at the time when this distinction starts to spread, and at the end of Cold War.

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Eidswick, John. "Influences of Interest on L2 Reading Comprehension." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2014. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/296065.

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In educational psychology, the cognitive and affective motivational variable interest has been demonstrated to have a positive influence on text-based learning outcomes where individuals learn in their first language (L1), yet little interest research has been conducted among second language (L2) learners. Research in L1 contexts also has shown textual concreteness to be an important factor in comprehension and recall with a mediating role in interest processes. Furthermore, gender studies outside of L2 contexts have indicated that gender is an important factor in interest processes. Two experiments were conducted to engage these qualities in L2 contexts. For experiment 1 it was hypothesized that reading short stories that were more interesting and more concrete would result in higher comprehension and recall test scores. For experiment 2, it was hypothesized that female and male participants would comprehend and recall higher interest short stories better than low interest ones, with stronger effects for male students. In the results of a pilot study and experiment 1, seven interest components (ease of comprehension, concreteness, unpredictability, personal relevance, excitement, attention and engagement, and socialness) were perceived. However, no significant differences were found between comprehension and free recall scores. It is possible that, because of lack of depth of vocabulary recognition, the concreteness of vocabulary was not experienced as such by the participants. Experiment 2 results indicated that despite the use of a "female-oriented" and "male-oriented" story, perceptions of interest of male and female readers did not significantly differ. One interpretation of these results is that the stories used in the study were insufficiently vetted to determine gender differences in short stories or that differences unrelated to gender interest in the structure and themes of the stories confounded the results. Another interpretation of these results is that the similarities between female and male reading interests outweigh differences. A peripheral concern of this study was the provision of a comparison of Bayesian and traditional statistical approaches in the context of one of the study experiments.
Temple University--Theses

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Kang, Il-Bong. "An empirical study of influences of foreign based DBS services on attitudes of Korean adolescents." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1997. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1997.
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2712. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaves 2-3. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-94).

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Chan, Lai Yee. "The influences of external factors on interest rates and exchange rates in industrialized countries." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2002. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/430.

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Gabrielpillai, Matilda. "Orientalizing Singapore, psychoanalyzing the discourse of non-Western modernity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25050.pdf.

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Musaji, Zahra. "The development of the translation movement." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0006/MQ43922.pdf.

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Elliott, Mark. "The influences and sources of post-Soviet Russian foreign policy : a view of the Caucasus region /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA320562.

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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1996.
Thesis advisor(s): Mikhail Tsypkin. "September 1996." Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-173). Also available online.

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Neufeld, Jennifer Kathleen. "Power, prestige, and unipolarity, an examination of neorealist influences on post-Cold War American foreign policy." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ58429.pdf.

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Ugalde-Gonzalez, Arturo. "Processing conditions as influences on task-based foreign language performance : a longitudinal study of communication strategies." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2006. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/processing-conditions-as-influences-on-taskbased-foreign-language-performance--a-longitudinal-study-of-communication-strategies(5e7d3767-5b17-4a47-abb5-df068881a0f8).html.

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Communicative language ability requires the development of formal linguistic resources to achieve realistic language use in real contexts and in real time. Linguistic-based instruction may become: less productive and fruitful than exposure to real-world task-based instruction. This study focuses on foreign language dev~lopment over time in sixteen subjects performing task-based activities involving description, narration and problem-solving si~uations. :.a;.... Learners' do not seem to present a clear acquisition-sequencing for language forms and. language functions. The major ideas and claims that have been used as a conceptual frame for this research focus on the cognitive basis for language learning. The output practice which learners' engage in enables them to cope with the task demands which are aimed at 'integrating language knowledge with productive use. The central issue concentrates on the how the cognitive processing demands push the learner towards successful communicative achievement. The pressure exerted on learner's capacity to deal with meaning complexity, accurate performance and fluent communication is intended to focus on the divided learner's efforts to convey appropriate formulations and effective messages.

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Lau, Martin, and 劉文德. "Lexical borrowing in Hong Kong: a study of the Englishization of Chinese and the nativization of English." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30269040.

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Wu, Junjie. "The adoption of western management accounting practices in China and the influences of foreign partnered joint ventures." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2003. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/4838/.

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As an attempt to investigate the adoption, future emphasis and benefits derived from traditional and contemporary western-orientated management accounting practices in Chinese organisations, in particular, in state-owned enterprises and foreign joint ventures located in China, this empirical study was modeled on a similar study undertaken in Australia (Chenhall and Langfield-Smith 1998). It obtained structured information and carried out a comparison between a western capitalist developed country and an eastern socialist developing country (China), which is moving towards a market economy. The effectiveness of the adoption of management accounting practices is influenced by complex contextual factors. Based on cultural, economic, institutional, organisational and innovation theory frameworks established in the research literature, the study therefore explored a wider range of environmental factors which determined the extent to which state-owned enterprises and foreign joint ventures have employed management accounting practices, Thus, the role which joint ventures have played in the diffusion of management accounting practices in China has consequently been evaluated. A cross-sectional survey involving a postal questionnaire method of data collection was adopted. A total of 179 usable responses were received representing a response rate of 19%. The study also conducted some interviews. The results of this research indicated that management accounting practices in Chinese organisations have made considerable progress in recent years compared to previous Chinese studies (He 1997; Lin and Wu 1998; Qiao 1997). However, there is a lower usage of management accounting practices by comparison with western countries. A number of environmental factors such as external authorities, social services, advanced production and management techniques, long-standing traditional practices, the attitude of the leadership, the quality of the accounting personnel have influenced the adoption of management accounting practices in stateowned enterprises and joint ventures. This study also confirmed that joint ventures have played an important role in the diffusion of management accounting practices in China because they have in general higher adoption rates and place greater emphasis on recently developed, strategically focused, market oriented and investment appraisal techniques than state-owned enterprises. In addition, the research has reinforced some support for the findings from previous studies (Chenhall and Langfield-Smith 1998; Firth 1996; O'Connor et al. forthcoming). The study also provided some evidence supporting institutional isomorphism theory; for example, joint ventures have adjusted the management accounting systems and practices to suit the Chinese management context. The distinguishing feature of this study is that it incorporates an empirical investigation and an exploratory study in order to provide new knowledge relating to the adoption of western practices. of management accounting in China and the influence of foreign joint ventures. However, as with other studies, it has a number of limitations that need to be overcome in the future. Also future research directions are highlighted.

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Shilliam, Nicola J. "Foreign influences on and innovation in English tomb sculpture in the first half of the sixteenth century." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1986. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/34806/.

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This study is an investigation of stylistic and iconographic innovation in English tomb sculpture from the accession of King Henry VIII through the first half of the sixteenth century, a period during which Tudor society and Tudor art were in transition as a result of greater interaction with continental Europe. The form of the tomb was moulded by contemporary cultural, temporal and spiritual innovations, as well as by the force of artistic personalities and the directives of patrons. Conversely, tomb sculpture is an inherently conservative art, and old traditions and practices were resistant to innovation. The early chapters examine different means of change as illustrated by a particular group of tombs. The most direct innovations were introduced by the royal tombs by Pietro Torrigiano in Westminster Abbey. The function of Italian merchants in England as intermediaries between Italian artists and English patrons is considered. Italian artists also introduced terracotta to England. A group of terracotta tombs in East Anglia, previously attributed by tradition to Italian artists, is re-examined. A less direct initiation of iconographic and stylistic innovation occurred through English artists' use of foreign patterns. The synthesis of such two-dimensional imagery by English sculptors is examined in certain tombs in Hampshire and Sussex. The influence of the Florentine royal tombs on English tomb sculpture in the latter half of the period is illustrated by alabaster tombs from an English workshop and by three other important tombs. The abandoned Italian project for the tomb of Henry VIII is studied in the context of the religious, political and economic changes that contributed to the breakdown of a supportive environment for Italian artists in England. Finally, the relevance of religious Injunctions and iconoclasm to the evolution of English tomb sculpture by the middle of the century is considered.

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Meyer, Christa. "Can gender come to the rescue of foreign policy? : an exploration into the ways in which the (mis)understanding of gender influences the making of foreign policy." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52725.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper attempts to provide a broad theoretical background of the ways in which gender has informed the making of foreign policy. It examines the various types of feminism in the zo" century and how they complement each other, criticize each other and have contributed to critical political debate. Realism as the dominant political paradigm of the zo" century comes under scrutiny and it is shown how it abets and supports male domination by cloaking it in neutral language and institutions that appear neutral. Foreign policy objectives are often linked to the national interest, which in itself is a problematic and contested concept. Foreign policy makers face new challenges today as the political landscape changes, often driven by multinational corporations who dictate the rules of political engagement. Not only has the international political arena changed drastically in the zo" century, but so has the domestic arena. Studies in foreign policy attitudes show marked differences along gender lines. Most studies focus on the pacifist attitudes of women, but this paper goes on to show how gendered theories of security, globalization, the environment and human rights could inform foreign policy makers and others who shape foreign policy agendas.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis poog om 'n bree teoretiese agtergrond te skep van die wyses waarin gender (geslag as 'n konstruksie) die skep van buitelandse beleid beinvloed. Dit bestudeer die verskeie tipes feminisme in die 20ste eeu en hoe hulle mekaar komplimenteer, mekaar kritiseer en bygedra het tot kritiese politieke debat. Realisme as die dominante paradigma van die 20ste eeu word noukeurig bestudeer en daar word gewys hoe hierdie paradigma manlike dominasie ondersteun deur dit te vermom in neutrale taal en instellings wat neutraal voorkom. Buitelandse beleid word dikwels gekoppel aan die nasionale belang wat op sigself 'n problematiese konsep is. Weens die veranderende internasionale politieke arena staar makers van buitelandse beleid nuwe uitdagings in die gesig, veral omdat multinasionale maatskappye dikwels die die reels van die spel bepaal. Studies toon dat gevoelens en houdings oor spesifieke buitelandse beleidskwessies dikwels verskillend vir mans en vrouens manifesteer. Meeste studies fokus op die ondersteuning van vrouens van vrede in kontras met geweld en oorlog. Hierdie tesis gaan verder deur te wys hoe 'gendered' teoriee van sekuriteit, globalisering, die omgewing en menseregte moontlik die skeppers van buitelandse beleid kan beinvloed.

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Wokekoro, Victor Dike, and Bekibele Onome White. "Intellectual Property Protection : an External Factor that Influences a Foreign Company’s Market Entry Mode into a Prospective Market." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Företagsekonomi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-5216.

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Intellectual Property Protection is been understood in this paper as IP laws and enforcement of these laws in order to protect intellectual property rights. The goal of this research work is to understand how Swedish companies view issues regarding to Intellectual Property Protection (IPP) and how it influences a foreign company?s market entry mode. In order to achieve this objective, the Nigerian market situation and its? laws that govern IPP will be used to analyzed this issue. This paper argues that IPP is an important factor that influences a company?s entry mode and this argument finds IP laws and enforcement as two variables that influence the market while the market situation influences the foreign company. In carrying out this research literature was reviewed and interviews carried out. The research methodology section has presented a qualitative research and explains the nature of the interview stages that have been used to achieve the goals concerning the findings of the empirical data. A qualitative method was adopted by carrying out in-depth semi-structured interviews. The empirical data collected from the investigation were gathered and analyzed based on the research questions. The findings show that IPP of a host market influences a potential foreign company through the market situation that is also influenced by IP laws and enforcement. The outcome of these findings argues that the Swedish companies that were interviewed in this research will enter the Nigerian market through an intermediary mode. This has been based on the current IPP system of Nigerian.

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Revauger, Guilène. "Fonctions, pouvoirs et influences d’un acteur de la politique étrangère britannique : le Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1968-1985)." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCA037/document.

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Cette recherche s’attache à l’étude d’une institution britannique, à son rôle et son organisation depuis la fusion, en 1968, du Commonwealth Office et du Foreign Office, jusqu’à l’année 1985.Il s’agit ainsi de voir comment le Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) fonctionne et comment il a su évoluer au gré du temps, du changement de la place de la Grande-Bretagne dans le monde, et des conflits internationaux. Ainsi, on peut se demander quelles influences le contexte a eu sur l’institution en elle-même. Dès lors, une place particulière est accordée à l’Europe, la ‘relation spéciale’ avec les États-Unis et la décolonisation.La politique étrangère britannique semble aujourd’hui être principalement dans les mains du pouvoir politique : du ministre des Affaires étrangères (Foreign Secretary), et du Premier ministre. Quelle place le FCO occupe-t-il alors, et quelles relations entretient-il avec le pouvoir politique ?Il s’agit ainsi de considérer la place du FCO au sein des différents acteurs internes et externes de la politique étrangère britannique en analysant trois cas concrets : une réorganisation interne de l’institution (la fusion de 1968), une gestion de crise (l’indépendance retardée de la Guyane britannique, 1953-1966), et une négociation d’accord en temps de paix (l’échec des négociations de la Convention des Nations unies sur le droit de la mer, 1973-1982).Ce travail de recherche tente ainsi d’offrir une interprétation allant au-delà du fonctionnement interne de l’institution. Il s’agit de mettre en relation le Foreign and Commonwealth Office et le pouvoir politique, et ainsi d’étudier les pouvoirs et influences du FCO tout en s’attachant à des périodes clés à l’orée de changements
This research work is devoted to the study of a key British institution, its function and its organization, from the merger of the Commonwealth Office and the Foreign Office in 1968, until 1985.Of particular interest is the way the changing role of Britain in the world and international conflicts bear upon the functioning and the evolution of the FCO. The point is to assess to what extent the context influences the institution itself.British foreign policy seems to be mostly determined by the Foreign Secretary and the Prime Minister. It is therefore well worth gaging what the function of the FCO is, and its relationship with the holders of political power.The role of the FCO as one of the internal and external agents of British foreign policy is assessed here, through three cases: the internal reorganization of the service in 1968, the management of a crisis – the postponements of independence for Guiana from 1953 to 1966, and the failure of a negotiation in peacetime – the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea from 1973 to 1982.Beyond the internal functioning of the institution, this research work strives to offer an interpretation of the changes. The relationship between the FCO and the holders of political power, the real power and influence of the FCO are under consideration, in particular during key moments of particular significance for the institution

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Wang, Costello Jingjing. "Comprehending synthetic speech personal and production influences." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5077.

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With the increasing prevalence of voice-production technology across societies, clear comprehension while listening to synthetic speech is an obvious goal. Common human factors influences include the listener's language familiarity and age. Production factors include the speaking rate and clarity. This study investigated the speaking comprehension performance of younger and older adults who learned English as their first or second language. Presentations varied by the rate of delivery in words per minute (wpm) and in two forms, synthetic or natural speech. The results showed that younger adults had significantly higher comprehension performance than older adults. English as First Language (EFL) participants performed better than English as Second Language (ESL) participants for both younger and older adults, although the performance gap for the older adults was significantly larger than for younger adults. Younger adults performed significantly better than older adults at the slow speech rate (127 wpm), but surprisingly at the medium speech rate (188 wpm), both age groups performed similarly. Both young and older participants had better comprehension when listening to synthetic speech than natural speech. Both theoretical and design implications are provided from these findings. A cognitive diagnostic tool is proposed as a recommendation for future research.
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Elabbar, Ageila Ali. "An investigation of influences affecting Libyan English as Foreign Language University Teachers (LEFLUTs), teaching approaches in the language classrooms." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2011. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2983/.

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Abstract: In this thesis I aim to investigate the influences affecting the teaching approaches adopted by Libyan English as foreign Language University teachers (LEFLUTs) in language classrooms. The thesis explores the context in which LEFLUTs work in terms of the opportunities and challenges of teaching English in Libyan universities. In particular, the concept of two generations of teachers, Older Generation Teachers (OGTs) and Newer Generation Teachers (NGTs),resulting from significant political and cultural shifts in attitudes to the English speaking world that have occurred in Libya in recent times, is critically examined . The perceptions of teachers in one university in Libya were analysed through their responses to a series of scenarios presenting typical problems encountered by EFL teachers in the classroom. The scenarios were designed to elicit their interpretation of the situation, the kinds of knowledge and experience they drew upon and the pedagogical strategies they might employ to deal with the situation. In addition to scenarios, semi-structured interviews enabled the respondents to develop and expand on their interpretations. The design and use of scenarios represents an innovative approach to research in the Libyan context where very little work has been done to try to understand how teachers make sense of their practice and how the negotiate the challenges of the political and cultural context. The investigation of the influences affecting LEFLUTs has drawn upon the work of Shulman on the different forms of knowledge required in teaching and the absence of a well developed body of pedagogical content knowledge within the LEFLUTs community is discussed. The need for more opportunities for initial and continuing professional development (CPD), raised in the interviews is set within the context of typology of CPD that emphasises the benefits of working within a community of practice, and an approach to professional development through action research is proposed. The overarching theoretical framework for the thesis is social constructivism both in terms of understanding the dynamic influencing how the LEFLUTs make sense of their experience and also in the proposals for developing an approach to CPD.

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Sweeney, Dwight Paul. "The connectors of two worlds: Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie, and the continuity of myth through Afro-Cuban jazz." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2823.

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Explains how Afro-Cuban culture influenced African-American jazzmen and led to the formation of Afro-Cuban or Latin jazz in 1947 by Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo. Explores the musical connections between the physical plane of Cuba and the United States, and the esoteric spiritual world of the orishas and myths coming to life in sacred and secular music forms.

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Tang, Mai. "Friend or Foe? Extramedia Influences on U.S. News Magazines' Post-war Coverage of Vietnam, 1976 - 2006." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1192116515.

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Han, Ni Eulalia. "Australia's Policy on the Israel-Palestine Peace Process: Influences and Implications." Thesis, Griffith University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367015.

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This thesis examines Australia‘s current political response towards the Israel-Palestine peace process. It analyses the domestic factors that have the potential to shape Australia‘s foreign policy on the peace process. It also looks at what it will broadly mean for Australia should the current policy be maintained in relation to Australian values and commitment to issues of human rights and upholding international law. The domestic factors analysed in this thesis include the mass media, public opinion, lobby groups and business groups. An analysis of two Australian newspapers found that the Australian press coverage lacked depth and discussion of final status issues (the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements and Palestinian refugees). Relatively few articles address these issues within frames of their historical context and significance in international law. On the other hand, a national survey conducted shows that the majority of Australians identify with the Palestinian narrative, especially regarding final status issues. Moreover, Australians support their Government in adopting a policy on the conflict that is based on international law. This support, however, is not reflected in the Government‘s political response. The Australian Government supports the right for both Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace but since 2004, contradicts this stance by voting against key UN resolutions concerning the rights of Palestinians. As the media and the Australian public have had a minimal impact on the Government‘s political response, this allows other domestic forces with more specific agendas to influence policy-makers. This study finds that the pro-Israel lobby and Jewish organisations in Australia play a significant role in persuading Australian politicians to adopt a political stance that reflects the Israeli narrative. Australian politicians appear more willing to acknowledge the importance of safeguarding Israel‘s security over restoring Palestinians‘ rights. These findings have also been confirmed through extensive interviews conducted with former and present Australian diplomats and politicians from both major political parties. Australia‘s policy on the Israel-Palestine peace process will have an impact on the way the international community regards Australia. Australia prides itself as being a good international citizen which values the rule of law, justice and human rights. Voting against key UN resolutions that advocate the rights of Palestinians questions this commitment as it portrays a government that is only capable of paying lip service but not transcending its stated beliefs into actual practice. This study‘s overall finding is that certain domestic factors are able to influence foreign policy more than others depending on specific socio-political context as well as other external geopolitical dynamics.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Humanities
Arts, Education and Law
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Bonemery, Anne M. "Influences on the retention of students from the first to the second semester of foreign language study at the community college level." Thesis, American International College, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3583475.

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Studies on the retention of students from one semester to another semester or one year to another year in foreign language study are scant in higher education. Furthermore, these studies are limited to research at four-year colleges and universities. This mixed methods study of first and second semester foreign language students at three community colleges in New England seeks to discover the factors that influence students to continue or not to continue to a second semester of foreign language study upon completion of the first at the two-year schools. Variables such as student gender, age, and race/ethnicity are explored to determine if they influence student decisions to continue to a second semester of foreign language study. Other variables, including curriculum design, teaching materials, and instructional strategies used in first semester foreign language classes, are investigated to determine if they are factors in student decisions to continue to a second semester of foreign language study at the community college level.

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Prévost, Stéphanie. "La Question d'Orient dans la culture politique britannique : réception et influences (1875-1898)." Thesis, Tours, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010TOUR2017.

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Cette thèse étudie la réception de la Question d'Orient au Royaume-Uni entre la crise orientale de1875-6 et celle de 1894-8, ainsi que son incidence sur la culture politique britannique. Preuves à l'appui, nous remettrons en cause les deux positions historiographiques prépondérantes selon lesquelles la Question d'Orient était, à l'époque pour le Royaume-Uni, une simple question diplomatique et que son incidence sur la culture politique britannique se limitait à l'affrontement entre Gladstone et Disraeli entre 1876 et 1880. Nous argumenterons, au contraire, que les influences de la Question d'Orient sur le Royaume-Uni vont bien au-delà de 1880 et sont, dans le dernier quart du dix-neuvième siècle, multiples et extrêmement complexes. Sans remettre en cause son aspect diplomatique et géopolitique, il nous faudra également considérer son incidence rhétorique,culturelle et idéologique sur la politique britannique
This dissertation explores the reception of the Eastern Question in Britain between the 1875-6 Eastern crisis (marked by the 'Bulgarian atrocities') and that of 1894-8 (which corresponds to the episode of the 'Armenian massacres' and to its consequences), as well as the impact it had on British political culture. l will rely on contemporary evidence to question the two main historiographical positions that the Eastern Question was, at the time, just a diplomatic issue and that ~ts only impact on British political culture was the contest that opposed Disraeli and Gladstone between 1876 and 1880. Instead, it will be argued here that the impact of the Eastern Question in Britain goes well beyond 1880 and is both multi-faceted and extremely complex. Without down playing its diplomatic and geopolitical relevance, l will seek to assess its rhetorical, cultural and ideological influences on British politics

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Yassine, Siba. "Apprentissage de l’anglais et du français chez des enfants arabophones syriens : influences respectives de la langue maternelle et de la première langue étrangère sur la deuxième." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019MON30049.

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Ce travail de recherche porte sur l’influence de l’apprentissage de l’anglais sur l’apprentissage du français chez les enfants arabophones au niveau morphosyntaxique et phonétique. Nous avons posé comme hypothèse générale dans notre travail qu’il y a une influence de la langue maternelle ou de l’apprentissage de la première langue étrangère (LE1) sur l’apprentissage de la deuxième langue étrangère (LE2). Notre objectif dans ce travail a été plus précisément d’étudier les interactions linguistiques entre la langue maternelle d’enfants arabophones, l’anglais (LE1) apprise à partir de 6 ans et le français (LE2) apprise à partir de 12 ans. Pour vérifier les problèmes d’interférences entre les langues étudiées, nous avons d’abord, réalisé un test de morphosyntaxe. Ce test a pour objectif d’évaluer la compréhension de phrases présentant des structures syntaxiques variées et de complexité croissante auprès d’enfants arabophones syriens âgés de 8 à 14 ans. Ensuite, nous avons réalisé deux test de perception en anglais et en français afin d’étudier les phénomènes d’interférences concernant la perception des contrastes vocaliques dans chacune des deux langues. Nos résultats ont montré que l’âge jouait un rôle déterminant dans l’apprentissage d’une LE car les adolescents de 14 ans obtiennent de meilleurs résultats que les enfants plus jeunes. Nous avons également confirmé le rôle facilitateur de l’apprentissage de l’anglais sur le français en considérant les deux langues comme deux langues indo-européennes qui partagent des caractéristiques structurales et lexicales similaires. En ce qui concerne les tests de perception, les résultats montrent que les enfants arabophones discriminent mieux les contrastes vocaliques de l’anglais plus qu’en français en raison du fait qu’ils ont commencé l’apprentissage de l’anglais plus tôt (à l’âge de 6 ans) tandis qu’ils ont commencé à apprendre le français à l’âge de 12 ans. Enfin, les enfants arabophones ont tendance à rapprocher les sons du français des sons de l’arabe ou de l’anglais, ce qui montre un effet de crible phonologique
This research work focuses on the influence of learning English as a foreign language on learning French as a foreign language. This influence is studied in Arabic-speaking children at the morphosyntactic and phonetic levels. We hypothesize there is an influence of the native language or of the first foreign language on learning of the second foreign language. More specifically, our objective in this doctoral thesis was to study linguistic interactions between the mother tongue, the English language learned starting from the age of 6 and the French language learned from the age of 12, in Arabic speaking children aged 8 to 14. The interference between the languages studied was first assessed by means of a morphosyntactic test, whose purpose was to evaluate the comprehension of sentences presenting various syntactic structures and increasing complexity. Two perception tests in English and in French were then performed to study the interference concerning the perception of vowel contrasts in both foreign languages.Our results showed that age played a decisive role in the foreign language learning. 14-year-olds performed better than younger children. We also confirmed the facilitating role of learning English on French by considering both languages as two Indo-European languages sharing similar structural and lexical characteristics.Concerning the perception tests, our results showed that Arabic-speaking children discriminate more vowel contrasts in English than in French. We explain this difference by the fact that our participants’ second language is English (started at the age of 6), while the French language is their third language (started at the age of 12). Finally, Arabic-speaking children tended to assimilate French sounds to Arabic or English sounds, demonstrating an effect of phonological deafness

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Tov??as, de Plaisted Blanca History &amp Philosophy Faculty of Arts &amp Social Sciences UNSW. "Resistance and cultural revitalisation: reading Blackfoot agency in the texts of cultural transformation 18701920." Publisher:University of New South Wales. History & Philosophy, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43907.

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The radical transformations attendant upon the imposition of colonial rule on the Siksikaitsitapi or Blackfoot of northern Alberta and southern Montana are examined in this dissertation in order to emphasise the threads of continuity within a tapestry of cultural change c.1870-1920. The dissertation traces cultural persistence through the analysis of texts of history and literature that constructed Blackfoot subjectivity in the half-century following the end of traditional lifeways and settlement on three reserves in Canada and one reservation in the United States of America. This interdisciplinary thesis has been undertaken jointly in the School of History and Philosophy, and the School of English, Media and Performance Studies. It combines the tools of historical research and literary criticism to analyse the discourses and counter-discourses that served to construct Blackfoot subjectivity in colonial texts. It engages with the ways in which the Blackfoot navigated colonisation and resisted forced acculturation while adopting strategies of accommodation to ensure social reproduction and even physical survival in this period. To this end, it presents four case studies, each focusing on a discrete process of Blackfoot cultural transformation: a) the resistance to acculturation and cultural revitalisation as it relates to the practice of Ookaan (Sun Dance); b) the power shifts ushered in by European contact and the intersection between power and Blackfoot dress practices; c) the participation of Blackfoot "organic intellectuals" in the construction of Blackfoot history through the transformation of oral stories into text via the ethnographic encounter; and d) the continuing links between Blackfoot history and literature, and contemporary fictional representations of Blackfoot subjectivity by First Nations authors. This thesis acknowledges that Blackfoot history and literature have been constructed through a complex matrix of textual representations from their earliest contacts with Europeans. This dissertation is a study of the intersection between textual representations of the Blackfoot, and resistance, persistence and cultural revitalisation 1870-1920. It seeks to contribute to debates on the capacity of the colonised Other to exercise agency. It engages with views articulated by organic intellectuals, and Blackfoot and other First Nations scholars, in order to foster a dialogue between Blackfoot and non-Blackfoot scholarship.

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Webb, Oliver David. "An insular perspective on the role of foreign influences in the development of early Viking art : the gripping-beast-motif as a case study." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1992. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26738.

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This study illustrates the wider Insular contact with Viking Scandinavia by the examination of a primary feature of early Viking Art, the Gripping- Beast-Motif. It examines the various theories behind the ‘genesis' of this motif in order to eliminate the most unlikely and assert the role of Insular impulses in this so-called 'parthenogenetic' development. To this end it provides an examination of the various roles and likely paradigms from the different regions of the British Isles and in particular reassesses the role of Ireland in these impulses, on the premise that Insular art was providing the influences which led to the creation of the motif that provide a heuristic overview of what these influences meant in their own context. The result of this is to establish a Scandinavian belief context to determine whether the motifs were being copied to fit into a similar or shared meaning context.

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Reid, John. "Warrior aristocrats in crisis : the political effects of the transition from the slave trade to palm oil commerce in the nineteenth century Kingdom of Dahomey." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2008.

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Few exploratory ventures would ever be undertaken if the explorer appreciated his own limitations at the outset. Although his ultimate destination is unclear, the route uncertain, the terrain unfamiliar and the tools inadequate he is spurred initially by a self-assurance born of his own limited knowledge. Unfortunately, that same self-assurance ill-equips him for the difficulties which he inevitably has to face en route. This thesis has been no exception to this pattern. It has involved more than its fair share of blind alleys, false trails, disorientation, retracing of footsteps and re-establishment of bearings. It has occasionally been marked by that feeling of despairing bewilderment which confronts the uncertain traveller lost in unfamiliar territory or overwhelmed by the novelty and complexity of his surroundings. Like most exploratory journeys, it has been difficult to decide when the ultimate destination has been reached and almost impossible in restrospect to recall the exact route by which that particular point was achieved. However, the historian of Dahomey is fortunate in comparison with the explorer venturing into virgin territory. For he is well served by the pioneers who have blazed the trail before him and by the signposts which are available to him. The Kingdom of Dahomey has been well covered by primary source material and contemporary documentation and publications.

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Liu, Diana L. "Informing Trade Policy: Interest Group Influences on U.S. Congressional and Executive Steel Trade Protection." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1385561511.

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Issa, Mansour. "Les influences de la langue maternelle (l'arabe) sur l'apprentissage du français en Lybie : étude analytique et descriptive des productions écrites des apprenants Libyens." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017MON30101.

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Résumé Cette étude s’intéresse aux influences de la langue maternelle (l’arabe), sur l’apprentissage du français chez les apprenants libyens dans un milieu institutionnel : le département de français à l’université de Benghazi et de Tripoli en Libye. Elle se penche sur les erreurs morphosyntaxiques en productions écrites que commettent les apprenants libyens en français langue étrangère, et sur les difficultés interlinguales dont souffrent ces apprenants. L’objectif de cette étude, c’est d’identifier et de classer les erreurs commises par les étudiants libyens dans leurs productions écrites, puis d’étudier et d’analyser les causes de celles-ci, afin de chercher des procédures pour les corriger. Elle vise à amener une réflexion sur l’enseignement de la langue française en Libye et sur les possibilités d’améliorer quelques-unes des démarches d’enseignement utilisées au sein de ces départements de français. Elle vise aussi à proposer une analyse des différents aspects de l’enseignement du français langue étrangère qui peuvent être transposés dans le cadre libyen, à proposer des idées pédagogiques, et à aborder enfin les différentes théories en relation avec cet enseignement. Pour atteindre ces objectifs, nous avons tout d’abord retracé l’évolution de l’enseignement de la langue française en Libye. Ensuite, nous avons abordé quelques notions ayant une importance remarquable dans notre travail d’étude. Nous avons abordé dans un second temps différents points de vue concernant certaines études réalisées en apprentissage (ou acquisition) d’une langue étrangère. Par la suite, nous avons examiné les fonctionnements morphosyntaxiques opératoires de certains constituants des phrases en arabe en comparant avec le français. Nous avons présenté notre corpus, les modalités de classements et certaines des erreurs relevées dans les copies des apprenants. Enfin, et grâce aux résultats livrés par cette analyse, nous avons été amené à présenter quelques perspectives et propositions didactiques qui peuvent être utiles à l’enseignement de la langue française en Libye, et à ouvrir des possibilités pour l’amélioration des démarches d’enseignement utilisées dans ce pays
Abstract This study investigates the influence of native language (Arabic) on the learning of French among Libyan learners in an institutional setting : the French department at the University of Benghazi and Tripoli in Libya. It examines the morphosyntactic errors the learners commit in their written productions, and the interlingual difficulties they face. The purpose of this study is to identify and classify those errors, and to investigate their causes so as to offer procedures to correct them. The study aims to bring a reflection on the teaching of French in Libya and the opportunities to improve some of the teaching approaches that are used in the departments of French language. It also aims to discuss or present a number of strategies in teaching French as a foreign language that could be implemented in the Libyan context, and to address various theories linked to this teaching. To achieve these goals, we first traced the evolution of the teaching of French language in Libya. Then we discussed a number of concepts of major significance for our study. We discussed in a second time different views on certain studies in learning (or acquisition) of a foreign language. Next, we examined the morphosyntactic characteristics of some linguistic features of Arabic in comparison with French. We presented our corpus, our ranking methods, and the errors identified in the learners’ submissions. Following the conclusions drawn from the latter analysis, we presented some didactic strategies that may be useful for the teaching of French language in Libya or that may add new perspectives to existing approaches

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Casey, Susan Denise. "How Classroom Cultural Influences Second Language Acquisition for Two Four-Year-Olds in a Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5417/.

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As states begin to highlight the system supports used to include English language learners with disabilities in standards-based assessments and accountability programs, implementation of those supports will be closely examined by school districts. This case study investigates the classroom culture in an early childhood preschool program for four-year-old children with disabilities. Classroom observations were used to determine how two young children with disabilities were acquiring English as a second language. Specific focus was given to activities that allowed for second language acquisition, native language development, the attainment of developmental skills, and alternative communication skills such as sign language and a communication board. An investigation took place into current theories to create a knowledge base for understanding how young children acquire linguistic skills in English and how classroom culture was created.

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Scott, Kerry M., and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "A contemporary winter count." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Native American Studies, 2006, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/1302.

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The past is the prologue. We must understand where we have been before we can understand where we are going. To understand the Blackfoot Nation and how we have come to where we are today, this thesis examines our history through Indian eyes from time immemorial to the present, using traditional narratives, writings of early European explorers and personal experience. The oral tradition of the First Nations people was a multi-media means of communication. Similarly, this thesis uses the media of the written word and a series of paintings to convey the story of the Blackfoot people. This thesis provides background and support, from the artist’s perspective, for the paintings that tell the story of the Blackfoot people and the events that contributed to the downfall of the once-powerful Nation. With the knowledge of where we have been, we can learn how to move forward.
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Chadee, Tania. "Influences de l'écrit sur la perception auditive : le cas de locuteurs hindiphones apprenant le français." Phd thesis, Université Toulouse le Mirail - Toulouse II, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00870596.

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S'il est aujourd'hui communément admis que la perception de la parole s'effectue d'une manière plus optimale en mode audiovisuel qu'en mode auditif seul (Benoît, Mohamadi et Kandel, 1994, Schwartz, Berthommier et Savariaux, 2004), la nature des informations visuelles dont il est le plus souvent question est la mimo-gestuelle articulatoire fournie par le locuteur en face à face. Cependant, dans une situation d'enseignement d'une langue étrangère, un autre type d'aide visuelle intervient généralement : la forme écrite des éléments oraux. Pourtant en didactique des langues étrangères, la question du passage à l'écrit est loin d'être consensuelle et certains didacticiens se prononcent en faveur d'un entraînement intensif de la prononciation au tout début de l'apprentissage, avant que l'apprenant ne soit confronté au code écrit (Lauret, 2007). Notre hypothèse est que la dimension facilitante de la forme écrite pour certains publics ne doit pas être négligée, même en début d'apprentissage. Notre recherche se fonde sur des expérimentations menées auprès d'apprenants hindiphones. Tenant compte des spécificités de ce public, nous pensons que l'écrit peut, dans certains cas, faciliter sa réception orale des sons du français en début d'apprentissage, condition nécessaire et préalable à leur production (Renard, 1979). Les tests que nous avons conçus obligent les apprenants à recentrer leur attention sur la graphie de sons (les voyelles nasales [ɑ̃] et [ɔ̃]) dès le début de leur apprentissage au moyen de diverses focalisations visuelles écrites (Fort, Spinelli, Savariaux et Kandel, 2010). Les propositions didactiques que nous formulons à la suite reposent sur la suite logique perception - (transcription graphique) -- production même si cette présente étude se centre sur l'évaluation de la perception des sons.

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Sarver, Joseph Michael. "The Status of Food Safety in China: A Systems Analysis." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397600140.

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Koulas, Heather Marshall. "Native Indian cultural centres : a planning analysis." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26861.

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Native Indian Cultural Centres have grown out of the on-going struggle for native self-determination and are rapidly becoming a focus for native cultural revitalization. This thesis investigates the evolution of two Northwest Coast native Indian cultural centres--the 'Ksan Village and the Makah Cultural and Research Centre (MCRC)—through each stage of development, outlining the historical, cultural, economic and social context, the form and function of conceptual development and the planned and unplanned processes involved in building and operating each centre. Analysis has indicated that 'Ksan and the MCRC have evolved as a response to local cultural and economic pressures and opportunities and have been funded primarily on the basis of economic rather than cultural viability. Six factors were found to be collectively sufficient to promote the successful development of each cultural centre: local cultural knowledge, social mobilization, local project relevance, native Indian control, access to resources and common motivational ground. The relationship between native Indians and non-native specialists is changing. Native people are no longer allowing non-native specialists to define their culture and interpret their heritage and 'Ksan and the MCRC have positively re-inforced that change. The development of native Indian cultural centres has provided an important step in the on-going native struggle for self-determination by providing a focus and/or forum for native cultural identity and is likely to continue in the future.
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Gimenez, Amoros Luis. "Transnational habitus : Mariem Hassan as the transcultural representation of the relationship between Saharaui music and Nubenegra records." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017819.

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This thesis expands on primary field research conducted for my MMus degree. Undertaken in the Saharaui refugee camps of southern Algeria (2004-2005) that research - based on ethnographic data and the analysis of Saharaui music, known as Haul ¹- focussed on the musical system, the social context of musical performance and the music culture in Saharaui refugee camps. This doctoral research examines Saharaui Haul music as practised in Spain and is particularly focussed on its entry, since 1998, into the global market by way of the World Music label, Nubenegra records. The encounter between Saharaui musicians and Nubenegra records has created a new type of Saharaui Haul which is different to that played in the refugee camps. This phenomenon has emerged as a result of western music producers compelling Saharaui musicians to introduce musical changes so that both parties may be considered as musical agents occupying different positions on a continuum of tradition and change. Nubenegra undertook the commodification of Saharaui music and disseminated it from the camps to the rest of the world. A musical and social analysis of the relationship between Nubenegra and Saharaui musicians living in Spain will form the basis of the research in this thesis. In particular, Mariem Hassan is an example of a musician who had her music disseminated through the relationship with Nubenegra and she is promoted as the music ambassador of the Western Sahara. I collaborated with her as a composer and performer on her last album, El Aaiun egdat (Aaiun in fire), in 2012² and gained first hand insight into the relationship between Mariem and Nubenegra. This thesis reflects on this relationship and my role in facilitating this encounter.

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Ivančević, Bosiljka. "Mass Media Influence on Foreign Policy." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-165346.

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A main purpose of the thesis is to demonstrate and explain to what extend do media influence foreign policy of a state. Foreign policy is always under internal and external influences and media are considered to be one of those external influences that shape it. Agenda setting theory forms the theoretical frame for this thesis because it takes into consideration not just direct media-government relations but the public as well that inside of this relation serves as some sort of mediator. Besides this theory and the CNN effect as its main 'extension' identifiable victim effect and third person effect as important elements in the process of influence will be introduced as well as influence of visualization. When word 'media' is mentioned in this case it implies to television and newspapers' (both printed and online versions) messages and their influences (not just verbal but the visual ones as well). Examples and case studies in this case focus mostly on the US foreign policy due to its influential role, fact that the US is still the country with the most superlatives inside of international arena and the size, influence and role-model identity of its big media companies (for ex. CNN).

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Bourguignon, Alexandra. "Les emprunts sémitiques en grec ancien: étude méthodologique et exemples mycéniens." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209720.

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Les emprunts sémitiques en grec, au-delà des questions idéologiques qui leur sont liées, posent une série de problèmes méthodologiques. En effet, la plupart des études sur le sujet qui ont été menées jusqu’à aujourd’hui ont omis la mise en contexte historique et n’ont pas suffisamment développé l’analyse du processus d’adaptation menant de l’étymon à l’emprunt, aboutissant ainsi à des incohérences chronologiques et linguistiques.

Le présent ouvrage fournit donc, après un chapitre de définitions relatives à l’emprunt et à l’étymologie et un autre consacré aux différentes études existantes sur les emprunts sémitiques en grec, une présentation générale du contexte historique et économique de la Méditerranée orientale au IIe millénaire a.C. ainsi que des langues en présence, suivie d’un chapitre reprenant les modifications phonétiques, morphologiques, sémantiques et accentuelles qu’un mot peut subir lorsqu’il est emprunté par une autre langue.

Viennent ensuite un chapitre expliquant la méthodologie utilisée pour l’analyse de cas concrets, puis les analyses elles-mêmes. Elles sont au nombre de neuf :trois noms de plantes (κ&973;μ&953;ν&959;ν, « cumin », κ&973;π&949;&953;&961;&959;ν, « souchet », σ&941;λ&953;ν&959;ν ,« céleri »), deux noms de récipients (&7936;σ&940;μ&953;ν&952;&959;&962; « baignoire », φ&953;&940;λ&951; un récipient) et quatre noms de métiers ou institution (βασ&953;λ&949;&973;&962; « chef local, roi », damokoro, un fonctionnaire (?), ζ&940;κ&959;&961;&959;&962; un fonctionnaire du temple, &964;&941;μ&949;ν&959;&962; « portion de territoire réservée à un chef ou à une divinité »). Ces mots offrent un large panorama des difficultés liées à l’étude des emprunts sémitiques en grec et des solutions proposées par l’auteur à la lumière des précédents chapitres.

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Albu, Stefana Maria. "What is German? : migrating identities in Turkish-German literature : an analysis of cultural Influences on German national identity /." Norton, Mass. : Wheaton College, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/15117.

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Polychronakis, Ioannis. "Song odyssey : negotiating identities in Greek popular music." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669839.

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Mubaideen, Mekhled A. "The influence of foreign aid on Jordan's foreign policy 1921-1970." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.294640.

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Lösche, Max. "How has neoliberalism influenced US foreign politics?" Thesis, Gotland University, Department of Human Geography and Ethnology, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-380.

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This essay discusses the impact of neoliberalism on the US American foreign politics. It addresses the possible strategy of America on a global scale, always focusing on neoliberal forces in America that are behind the official political decisions that are made in Washington. The essay also discusses the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Here, there is more than what the eye can see, or rather what the public is meant to see. Strong economic powers influence the war in the Middle East and try to bring a new world order upon the region, by implanting democracy, neoliberalism and absolute market openness. This discussion is done through a comparison of various sources, including books and scientific articles, dealing with geography, economy and politics. The outcome of this essay includes worrying facts about the future of globalism, neoliberalism and democracy, as power more and more shifts towards private corporations and banks, away from democratic state apparatus.

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