Browsing by Supervisor "Barbour, Julie Renee"
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A grammar of the Ahamb language (Vanuatu)
(The University of Waikato, 2020)A grammar of the Ahamb language (Vanuatu) offers a description of the endangered and previously undocumented Ahamb language spoken by around 950 people. This grammatical description is one of the main outcomes of the Ahamb ... -
Becoming a teacher: Experiences and perceptions of beginning teachers in Vanuatu secondary schools
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Entering into the teaching profession as a beginning teacher can be a complex and challenging experience. Research highlights that beginning teachers are more effective when they are supported in their roles as new teachers ... -
A Grammar Sketch of Kwaraqae
(University of Waikato, 2010)A Grammar Sketch of Kwaraqae is a synchronic linguistic analysis of the Kwaraqae language, one of sixty-three languages which are part of the North Malaita dialect chain in the Solomon Islands. The data was collected at ... -
Ninde: A Grammar Sketch and Topics in Nominal Morphology
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Ninde: A Grammar Sketch and Topics in Nominal Morphology is a linguistic description of some of the grammatical topics of the Ninde language of Southwest Bay, Malekula, Vanuatu. The data for this project was collected over ... -
Oceanic languages: A comparative investigation of pre-clausal constructions
(University of Waikato, 2017)This thesis presents an investigation of pre-clausal phenomena in the lesser-studied languages of the Oceanic language family. The study is innovative in that the pre-clausal structure of interest, hereinafter labelled as ... -
V’ënen Taut: Grammatical Topics in The Big Nambas Language of Malekula
(University of Waikato, 2014)V’ënen Taut: Grammatical Topics in The Big Nambas Language of Malekula presents a synchronic description of five different areas of the grammar of V’ënen Taut, a language spoken in Northwest Malekula in the Pacific nation ... -
Writing Lawa: Stimulating indigenous ownership of vernacular literacy through action research
(University of Waikato, 2014)The Eastern Lawa people of Northern Thailand have not had a practical or standardised method of writing their own language. This research began in response to an informal request that help be given to the teachers at Bo ...