Search for dissertations about: "Nya Guinea"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words Nya Guinea.
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1. Topics in the grammar of Kuot, a non-Austronesian language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Abstract : This thesis describes certain areas in the grammar of the little-known Kuot language, spoken by some 1,500 people in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. Kuot is an isolate, and is the only non-Austronesian (Papuan) language of that province. The analyses presented here are based on original data from 18 months of linguistic fieldwork. READ MORE
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2. Having head and showing knowledge : language shift, Christianity and notions of self in a Papua New Guinean village
Abstract : In the swampy jungles of northern Papua New Guinea lies an isolated little villagepopulated by about 100 people called Gapun. The majority of the villagers of Gapun are biormultilingual, but their mother tongue is a vernacular language which they call Taiap. READ MORE
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3. Language, literacy and code-switching in a Papua New Guinean village
Abstract : This thesis is about the language and sociolinguistic practices of a small group of people living in a village called Gapun in the Papua New Guinean swamps. Gapun has traditionally been a highly multilingual society, but today two languages dominate the villagers’ verbal repertoire, the lingua franca Tok Pisin and the local vernacular Taiap. READ MORE
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4. HIV-1 evolution, disease progression and molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 single and HIV-1 and HIV-2 dual-infected individuals in Guinea-Bissau
Abstract : The two genetically related human lentiviruses known today, HIV-1 (which is pandemic) and HIV-2 (which mainly is confined to West Africa), are the causative agents of AIDS. Progressive immune dysfunction and AIDS develop in most cases of untreated HIV-1 infection, but only in approximately 25-30% of HIV-2 infected individuals. READ MORE
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5. Regulation of spontaneous tone in guinea pig trachea
Abstract : Asthma is a common disease, characterized by periods of bronchoconstriction of unclear origin. This thesis examines a specific behavior of airway smooth muscle, the so-called spontaneous airway tone. It was suspected that a defect regulation of this tone may be a cause of asthmatic bronchoconstriction. READ MORE