title: Morphosyntax of Sare

authors: Sumbuk, Kenneth Memson

abstract: This thesis provides a descriptive account of the previously undescribed Sare language, a Papuan language spoken by about 2,000 people in the middle Sepik River area of the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. This thesis describes in particular the morphosyntactic aspects of the language. 

The description begins by giving a general introduction to the language and its speakers in Chapter One. This chapter also describes the dialectal variation within the language, the sociocultural background of its speakers, the status of the language, and the general grammatical features of the language. Chapter Two describes the phonemic inventory and the phonological processes found in the language. Chapter Three introduces the various word classes, along with their subclasses, as a preliminary to the description of the morphology and syntax in the remaining chapters. 

Chapter Four describes the morphology of nouns. It begins by describing the noun-deriving processes of suffixation, compounding and reduplication. There then follows a description of the inflectional processes of case-marking and the marking of number and gender. Chapter Five describes the structure of the noun phrase. The determiners that precede the head are described first, then the head slot and its exponents, followed by the nominal postmodifiers. There is then a description of complex noun phrases and appositive noun phrases. Chapter Six describes the morphology of the verb. The description begins with an account of verbal inflectional processes involving the subject marking of subjects, the tense-aspect-mood-marking system, negation, elevationals and directionals, and time-when constructions. This chapter concludes with an account of irregular verbs.

Chapter Seven and Eight are concerned with syntax. Simple sentences are described in Chapter Seven. We begin with an account of non-verbal sentences including copulative and extensive sentences. Verbal sentences are then described, including declaratives, imprecatives, caveat clauses, assertives, optatives and interrogatives. This chapter also includes a discussion of adverbs, serial verb constructions, derived clause types and the behaviour of non-core noun phrases. The final chapter describes complex sentences, beginning with coordinate constructions, followed by subordinate constructions. This chapter concludes with an account of complement constructions.

text: Morphosyntax of Sare This thesis provides a descriptive account of the previously undescribed Sare language, a Papuan language spoken by about 2,000 people in the middle Sepik River area of the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. This thesis describes in particular the morphosyntactic aspects of the language. 

The description begins by giving a general introduction to the language and its speakers in Chapter One. This chapter also describes the dialectal variation within the language, the sociocultural background of its speakers, the status of the language, and the general grammatical features of the language. Chapter Two describes the phonemic inventory and the phonological processes found in the language. Chapter Three introduces the various word classes, along with their subclasses, as a preliminary to the description of the morphology and syntax in the remaining chapters. 

Chapter Four describes the morphology of nouns. It begins by describing the noun-deriving processes of suffixation, compounding and reduplication. There then follows a description of the inflectional processes of case-marking and the marking of number and gender. Chapter Five describes the structure of the noun phrase. The determiners that precede the head are described first, then the head slot and its exponents, followed by the nominal postmodifiers. There is then a description of complex noun phrases and appositive noun phrases. Chapter Six describes the morphology of the verb. The description begins with an account of verbal inflectional processes involving the subject marking of subjects, the tense-aspect-mood-marking system, negation, elevationals and directionals, and time-when constructions. This chapter concludes with an account of irregular verbs.

Chapter Seven and Eight are concerned with syntax. Simple sentences are described in Chapter Seven. We begin with an account of non-verbal sentences including copulative and extensive sentences. Verbal sentences are then described, including declaratives, imprecatives, caveat clauses, assertives, optatives and interrogatives. This chapter also includes a discussion of adverbs, serial verb constructions, derived clause types and the behaviour of non-core noun phrases. The final chapter describes complex sentences, beginning with coordinate constructions, followed by subordinate constructions. This chapter concludes with an account of complement constructions.

year: 1999

title: An investigation into the use of machine learning for determining oestrus in cows

authors: Mitchell, R. Scott

subjects: computer science

abstract: A preliminary investigation of the application of two well-known machine learning schemes—C4.5 and FOIL—to detection of oestrus in dairy cows has been made. This is a problem of practical economic significance as each missed opportunity for artificial insemination results in 21 days lost milk production. Classifications were made on normalised deviations of milk volume production and milking order time series data. The best learning scheme was C4.5 which was able to detect 69% of oestrus events, albeit with an unacceptably high rate of "false positives" (74%). Several directions for further work and improvements are identified.

text: An investigation into the use of machine learning for determining oestrus in cows A preliminary investigation of the application of two well-known machine learning schemes—C4.5 and FOIL—to detection of oestrus in dairy cows has been made. This is a problem of practical economic significance as each missed opportunity for artificial insemination results in 21 days lost milk production. Classifications were made on normalised deviations of milk volume production and milking order time series data. The best learning scheme was C4.5 which was able to detect 69% of oestrus events, albeit with an unacceptably high rate of "false positives" (74%). Several directions for further work and improvements are identified.

year: 1995-08

title: The Marist missionaries' first encounters with inhabitants of the Pacific

authors: William, Jennings

subjects: missionaries

abstract: Missionaries of the French-based Society of Mary (Marists) arrived in the Pacific in the late 1830s. Reports by European travellers and missionaries had told the first Marists to expect Pacific peoples who were either cannibals or noble savages. Their encounter with recently-converted Mangarevans in the Gambier Islands led them to believe that idyllic Christian societies could be created in the South Pacific. This belief influenced the first Marists' descriptions of Pacific peoples, notably New Zealand Maori. The Marists consequently emphasised the noble savage trope and downplayed cannibalism. They also displayed a relatively tolerant attitude towards indigenous practices.

text: The Marist missionaries' first encounters with inhabitants of the Pacific Missionaries of the French-based Society of Mary (Marists) arrived in the Pacific in the late 1830s. Reports by European travellers and missionaries had told the first Marists to expect Pacific peoples who were either cannibals or noble savages. Their encounter with recently-converted Mangarevans in the Gambier Islands led them to believe that idyllic Christian societies could be created in the South Pacific. This belief influenced the first Marists' descriptions of Pacific peoples, notably New Zealand Maori. The Marists consequently emphasised the noble savage trope and downplayed cannibalism. They also displayed a relatively tolerant attitude towards indigenous practices.

year: 2013