Incest is the abuse of power differences between two people within a family: the person with greater power in a family takes sexual advantage of a person with lesser power. The vulnerability of the victim is not an invitation to the perpetrator; the perpetrator interprets it as …
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This dissertation argues that through the use of rhetorical criticism, Paul's argument in Romans 9–11 can be understood as both literarily and theologically coherent. This study argues against such positions as that the coherence of Romans 9–11 is not demonstrable, or that one c…
The difference between languages regarding rhetorical organization has long been noted. It has been asserted that a language's word order (i.e., VO or OV) affects the ordering of propositions from clause to text in Papuan SOV languages. Qazaq, a Turkic language, is examined to d…
This study is an investigation of linguistic perceptions of the Akwa Ibomians. It assessed the impact and effect of language or dialect imposition on groups other than the dominant group. The historical analysis of intergroup dynamics in the field of language evaluated the relat…
Among the Igbos of Southeast Nigeria, speech, as both act and art, is metaphorically linked with gastronomy. The capable rhetor, "the man who eats words," is the practiced expert who carefully selects and measures the component of his speech in much the same way as a good cook m…
This project is designed to gain clarity about the identity and the relevancy of prophetic preaching for our time and to provide an appropriate theology of preaching for the renewal of the pulpit today. It is the thesis of this project that the renewal of the pulpit and the reco…
In the turn of the twenty-first century, some western scholars still hold that no classical rhetoric exists except classical Greek rhetoric. This paper presents the evidence to show that classical Chinese rhetoric is not only a natural practice but also a study of effective disc…
Onderzoek naar de positie van Chinese vrouwen van de elfde tot de negentiende eeuw aan de hand van drie verschillende aspecten : het Chinese huis, waarin de vrouwen opgesloten zaten, de zijdeproductie die ook in huis werd verricht en het grootbrengen van kinderen. Aandacht voor …
This thesis consists of a portfolio of musical compositions and a written commentary. The submitted works creatively challenge the form of a conventional concert by exploring methods of bringing to the fore the theatrical side of musical performance: its inherited or implemented…
This thesis consists of a portfolio of nine compositions accompanied by a written commentary, plus audio recordings of most of the works. The compositions span a wide variety of instrumentations from a work for large orchestra to solo instrumental and chamber works, some includi…
Sonification is broadly defined as the display of data as sound, and has been used in educational, scientific and industrial settings to explore, find and monitor patterns and changes in data. Sonification has also played a vital role in music composition as a technique that off…
This folio and accompanying commentary draw together my compositional work over the period of the PhD and plot the development and exploration of a number techniques which are to be found in varying degrees in each of the works but with different emphases. These techniques inclu…
This thesis describes a number of compositions in which the objective was to investigate whether, and how far, the organisation of light can function as an extension of musical expression in the non-figurative visual realm. I explore the extent to which sound and light are compa…
This thesis comprises a portfolio of compositions with supporting commentary in addition to a general commentary on past and contemporary models of performance practice. The compositions all use elements of improvisation and are documented in recorded and score formats. Recordin…
This thesis presents an approach to design, specify, validate, verify, implement, and evaluate composed web/grid services. Web and grid services can be composed to create new services with complex behaviours. The BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) standard was created to…
The concern of the Catholic Church in this century and the immediate past centuries has been how the faithful will effectively internalize and role-play the Gospel in their life. The implication of this concern for the Catholic Church is rooted in the inter-cultural and counter-…