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Claims, counter claims and mitigation : a reconceptualisation of intergenerational family mediation (2011)
Thesis
O'Sullivan, A. Claims, counter claims and mitigation : a reconceptualisation of intergenerational family mediation. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This thesis offers a critique of the dominant model of intergenerational family mediation practiced in the United Kingdom. Its key aim is to avoid the essentialist tendencies of gender scholars within the mediation community. The government report... Read More about Claims, counter claims and mitigation : a reconceptualisation of intergenerational family mediation.

Translating conjunctions in political journalistic argumentative texts from English into Arabic (2011)
Thesis
Obeidat, M. Translating conjunctions in political journalistic argumentative texts from English into Arabic. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Political Journalistic Argumentative Texts (PJATs) have always been challenging for translators of this type of texts when rendering them into Arabic. One major problem facing translators of this genre is the translation of conjunctions which is of... Read More about Translating conjunctions in political journalistic argumentative texts from English into Arabic.

The role of Christian churches in European integration (2011)
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Mudrov, S. The role of Christian churches in European integration. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This PhD thesis analyses the role of Christian Churches in European integration. We learn that Churches are inalienable participants in the process of European integration; therefore it is important to identify how they are placed within the Europe... Read More about The role of Christian churches in European integration.

Dimensions of power : a Bourdieusian approach to control and influence in the voluntary sector (2011)
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McGovern, P. Dimensions of power : a Bourdieusian approach to control and influence in the voluntary sector. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This extended case study investigates locally-founded voluntary self-help groups for people with chronic disease and how they change over time. It explores a self-help group and its partnerships with five local organisations. The aims are both to r... Read More about Dimensions of power : a Bourdieusian approach to control and influence in the voluntary sector.

The effectiveness of a composite translator training model for Syrian translation masters students (2011)
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Mannaa, M. The effectiveness of a composite translator training model for Syrian translation masters students. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This thesis tests whether a translation training programme, combining the theoretical principles adopted in Hervey and Higgins' Thinking Translation series and in Bolanos' dynamic translation model, helps to improve Arab MA translation students' pe... Read More about The effectiveness of a composite translator training model for Syrian translation masters students.

Mobility and inequality in a transitional inner-city neighbourhood (2011)
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Jeffery, R. Mobility and inequality in a transitional inner-city neighbourhood. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This study attempts to identify the causal mechanisms linking social inequality and physical (im)mobilities, by way of a case study analysis. Adopting a methodological approach of critical realism, the focus of this study lies not with aggregate... Read More about Mobility and inequality in a transitional inner-city neighbourhood.

Portfolio of compositions : five compositions for solo instruments with accompaniment (2011)
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Ip, K. Portfolio of compositions : five compositions for solo instruments with accompaniment. (Thesis). University of Salford

This PhD thesis consists of a portfolio of musical compositions for solo instruments with accompaniment. The portfolio, which contains absolute and programme music, includes two largescale works: Piano Concerto with Symphony Orchestra Fok Siu Yok and... Read More about Portfolio of compositions : five compositions for solo instruments with accompaniment.

How are special effects utilised to convey movement through time in film? (2011)
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Groom, J. How are special effects utilised to convey movement through time in film?. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This dissertation will explain how films utilise technological development to create special effects that portray the past, present and future and how time travel is conveyed to the audience. Several of the films to be discussed will show how the... Read More about How are special effects utilised to convey movement through time in film?.

Portfolio of compositions (2011)
Thesis
Gates, D. Portfolio of compositions. (Thesis). University of Salford

This portfolio of compositions consists of six works diverse in style and genre. It represents a journey of exploration through the traditional music of various cultures, imbruing those distinctive flavours of tone, colour and rhythm into my own app... Read More about Portfolio of compositions.

Input factors, language experiences and metalinguistic awareness in bilingual children (2011)
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Cohen, C. Input factors, language experiences and metalinguistic awareness in bilingual children. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Previous studies have examined either the input factors predicting language proficiency in bilingual children or the relationship between bilingualism and metalinguistic awareness. This thesis takes a novel approach exploring the two areas simultan... Read More about Input factors, language experiences and metalinguistic awareness in bilingual children.

Terminology planning : the contribution of the Jordan Academy of Arabic, with special reference to medical terminology (2011)
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Bataineh, M. T. Terminology planning : the contribution of the Jordan Academy of Arabic, with special reference to medical terminology. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This study illustrates the demand for Arabic terminology policy to provide the language with the necessary means to meet the new challenges to Arabic in the age of globalisation. It is part of the emergent literature on Arabic term innovation, the... Read More about Terminology planning : the contribution of the Jordan Academy of Arabic, with special reference to medical terminology.

Extensive reading : an empirical study of its effects on EFL Thai students' reading comprehension, reading fluency and attitudes (2010)
Thesis
Tamrackitkun, K. Extensive reading : an empirical study of its effects on EFL Thai students' reading comprehension, reading fluency and attitudes. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study investigated reading comprehension, reading fluency and attitudes of students after exposure to extensive reading (ER), an approach to teaching and learning foreign languages without using a dictionary or focusing on grammar, but aiming... Read More about Extensive reading : an empirical study of its effects on EFL Thai students' reading comprehension, reading fluency and attitudes.

Extensive reading: An empirical study of its effects on EFL Thai students’ reading comprehension, reading fluency and attitudes (2010)
Thesis
Tamrackitkun, K. Extensive reading: An empirical study of its effects on EFL Thai students’ reading comprehension, reading fluency and attitudes. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study investigated reading comprehension, reading fluency and attitudes of students after exposure to extensive reading (ER), an approach to teaching and learning foreign languages without using a dictionary or focusing on grammar, but aiming... Read More about Extensive reading: An empirical study of its effects on EFL Thai students’ reading comprehension, reading fluency and attitudes.

The EU as an international security actor : a comprehensive approach (2010)
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Zwolski, K. The EU as an international security actor : a comprehensive approach. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

There is a vibrant discussion in academia about the role of the European Union (EU) in international security. However, this discussion largely concentrates on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) not fully acknowledging the instruments of... Read More about The EU as an international security actor : a comprehensive approach.

The political allegory of lovesickness and the lovesick womb in early modern studies, with an emphasis on Spenser (2010)
Thesis
Swannack, F. The political allegory of lovesickness and the lovesick womb in early modern studies, with an emphasis on Spenser. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser published his sonnet sequence Visions of the Worlds Vanitie in a collection called Complaints in 1591, and the Amoretti and Epithalamion in 1595. I am analysing these poems and ot... Read More about The political allegory of lovesickness and the lovesick womb in early modern studies, with an emphasis on Spenser.

Innovations in contemporary popular music and digital media, and reconstructions of the music industry in the 21st century (2010)
Thesis
Rambarran, S. Innovations in contemporary popular music and digital media, and reconstructions of the music industry in the 21st century. (Thesis). University of Salford

The thesis investigates how certain types of contemporary popular music have played a prominent role in digital media, aided by ICTs (Internet, digital music distribution, consumption), music technology (sampling, remix, MP3) and creative artistic t... Read More about Innovations in contemporary popular music and digital media, and reconstructions of the music industry in the 21st century.

The evolution of crime in post-war Italy in the works of Carlo Lizzani and Giorgio Scerbanenco (2010)
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Paoli, M. The evolution of crime in post-war Italy in the works of Carlo Lizzani and Giorgio Scerbanenco. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This study discusses the evolution of crime in Italy during the period from 1944 to the late 1960s, as represented in the works of film director Carlo Lizzani and author Giorgio Scerbanenco. This study pays particular attention to the viewer's or... Read More about The evolution of crime in post-war Italy in the works of Carlo Lizzani and Giorgio Scerbanenco.

The rise of the rogue states doctrine : the Clinton and Bush approach to national security in the post-cold war era (2010)
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Miles, A. The rise of the rogue states doctrine : the Clinton and Bush approach to national security in the post-cold war era. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This PhD examines the rise of the rogue states doctrine in US foreign policy, which had its roots in the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush but was most clearly developed in the post-Cold War era by Bill Clinton and... Read More about The rise of the rogue states doctrine : the Clinton and Bush approach to national security in the post-cold war era.

Feminist and lesbian strategies of reading and the novels of Sarah Waters and Jeanette Winterson (2010)
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Luis, C. Feminist and lesbian strategies of reading and the novels of Sarah Waters and Jeanette Winterson. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This thesis examines strategies of feminist and lesbian reading in relation to the novels of Sarah Waters and Jeanette Winterson, focusing primarily on Waters's Affinity (1999) and The Night Watch (2006), and Winterson's Sexing the Cherry (1989), W... Read More about Feminist and lesbian strategies of reading and the novels of Sarah Waters and Jeanette Winterson.