Search for dissertations about: "eastern"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 484 swedish dissertations containing the word eastern.

  2. 1. Aramaic Loanwords in Neo-Assyrian 900–600 B.C

    University dissertation from Uppsala : Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University

    Author : Zack Cherry; Olof Pedersén; Mats Eskhult; Mario Fales; [2017]
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Neo-Assyrian; Aramaic loanwords; language contact; etymology; cognates; ghost word; Semitic languages; source word; Assyriology; Assyriologi;

    Abstract : This study aimed at identifying and analyzing Aramaic loanwords in Neo-Assyrian for the period 900–600 B.C. As two Semitic languages, Neo-Assyrian and Aramaic are sibling-descendants of a postulated common ancestor, Proto-Semitic. The study provides information about the contact between the two languages and about the people who spoke them. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Arabic Dialect of Tillo in the Region of Siirt : (south-eastern Turkey)

    University dissertation from Semitiska språk: Arabiska, Arameiska/Syriska, Etiopiska, Hebreiska

    Author : Ablahad Lahdo; Bo Isaksson; Werner Arnold; [2003]
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arabic language; qǝltu-dialects; intermarriage; linguistic dominance; cultural influence; devoicing; pausal position; spontaneous imāla; copula; ḥāl-sentence; second borrowing; Arabiska; HUMANITIES and RELIGION Languages and linguistics Other languages Arabic language; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP Språkvetenskap Övriga språk Arabiska;

    Abstract : This study is in many respects a traditionally descriptive one which places special emphasis on socio-linguistic and language-contact phenomena. It concerns, however, a relatively unfamiliar example of involuntary cultural assimilation and probable extinction, which is not without relevance to current politics among great powers. READ MORE

  5. 3. Alcohol-Related Problems in Eastern Europe A Comparative Perspective

    University dissertation from Semitiska språk: Arabiska, Arameiska/Syriska, Etiopiska, Hebreiska

    Author : Jonas Landberg; Thor Norström; Mats Ramstedt; William Alex Pridemore; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Eastern Europe; alcohol consumption; alcohol-related harm; time-series analysis; SOCIAL SCIENCES Social sciences Sociology; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Socialvetenskap Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the association between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Eastern Europe. The main aim was to estimate to what extent changes in per capita alcohol consumption have an impact on different forms of alcohol-related mortality, and to put the results in an international comparative perspective. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Dynamics of Innovation in Eastern Europe -Lessons from Estonia

    University dissertation from Edward Elgar Publishing

    Author : Per Högselius; [2005]
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Economics; förvaltningskunskap; Statsvetenskap; Political and administrative sciences; Ekonomisk och social historia; Social and economic history; Vetenskapshistoria; History of science; case studies; inherited competencies; proximity; Estonia; telecommunications; systems of innovation; Eastern Europe; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management;

    Abstract : The overall interest pursued in this thesis is how the former socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe can build strong and dynamic systems of innovation. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the dynamics and evolution of the telecommunications system of innovation in Estonia from the late Soviet period to Estonia's EU accession, and to provide an in-depth explanation of how innovation has been enabled to occur in the system. READ MORE

  7. 5. The spread of HIV in Europe: Hidden epidemics and other barriers to universal access to prevention, treatment and care

    University dissertation from Lund University

    Author : Jeffrey Lazarus; [2008]
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; central Europe Europe; eastern; AIDS Antiretroviral therapy Delivery of health care Harm reduction Health policy Hepatitis B – prevention and control Hepatitis C – prevention and control HIV infections – prevention and control Midwifery Migrants and non-nationals Tuberculosis – prevention and control Asia;

    Abstract : Introduction An estimated 2.4 [1.8–3.2] million people in the WHO European Region now live with HIV, and none of the Region’s 53 countries have been spared. READ MORE