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This dissertation describes the investigation of codeswitching in a computerised corpus of child bilingual language, the LOBILL Corpus, which consists of twenty-five hours of recordings of naturalistic interactions between two bilingual Brazilian/English siblings (JAM, 3;6 and M…

Mennonites have engaged in education, medical, and peacemaking work in Somalia since entering the country in 1953. This dissertation focuses on what theological differences or continuity can be identified across the span of these six decades. My research included secondary sourc…

This thesis explores the phenomenon of clan-based regional solidarity groups and their role in the political life of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It argues that the weak solidarity of the Uzbek ethnie is at root a function of historical socio-cultural and geographical patterns th…