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The Semantics of a Semitic Ventive in Cognitive Perspective: Akkadian Ventive Construals Based on Lexical Verb Types
No full textIn recent years a growing realization has coalesced among comparative Semitists that the ventive/energic verbal endings evidenced throughout the various Semitic languages should be related to each other as retentions of an ancestral Proto-Semitic (PS) ventive/energic verbal morpheme. While the exact form of the morpheme and its semantic/pragmatic function are still being debated, the reconstruction of such a verbal morpheme has far-reaching implications for our understanding of the verbal systems in every descendant language, including Akkadian and Biblical Hebrew (BH). In order to apply these implications, however, a better understanding of how a Semitic ventive would have functioned will be necessary. Toward that end, the function and meaning of a Semitic ventive are developed within a Cognitive Linguistic (CL) framework through inductive study of Akkadian’s ventive morphology and a cross-linguistic study of ventive morphemes that exist in other world languages. It is argued somewhat deductively based on this cross-linguistic research that ventive morphemes function together with the inherent lexical semantics of different verb types (MOTION, TRANSFER, STATIVE, and FIENTIVE). This insight is then shown to offer a better understanding of the meaning(s) of the Akkadian ventive, especially when used with non-motion verbs.Ancient languagesLinguisticsAkkadian, Cognitive, Comparative, Energic, Linguistics, VentiveSemitic and Egyptian Languages and LiteraturesDegree Awarded: Ph.D. Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures. The Catholic University of Americ
"Let Your Widows Trust in me" (Jer. 49:11): Developing a Parish-Based Prayer Support Group for Igbo Widows
No full textWidows in Orisheze, Imo State, Nigeria, and Igboland in general, are subjected to inhumane rites and rituals after the death of their husbands. These include seclusion from the rest of society except other widows until the funeral of the dead husband, shaving of hair, sitting on the floor, loss of ownership of their husbands’ property, especially when they have no male offspring, and the possibility of being inherited by a brother-in-law. Their situation leads to a loss of human dignity, loss of voice in the society, loss of self-confidence, and loss of trust and hope in God. The plight of widows calls for a response by the Church that has a long-standing tradition of assisting widows but challenges the same Church which has not responded adequately to the condition of widows in rural communities like Orisheze. A four-session workshop was organized for widows at Holy Trinity Parish, Orisheze, Nigeria, to train them in ways that will allow them to create a parish-based prayer support group to increase their self-confidence, strengthen their faith and hope in the Lord, and become a source of support and solidarity for the group’s members and with their local parish. The critical-praxis method was used to stimulate the consciousness of the participants and to encourage active discussion and participation. It also utilized principles from the andragogical method of adult self-awareness so the widows could learn to take responsibility for their decisions and lives. The project demonstrated a steady growth in awareness among participants and brought positive changes in their lives. It provided a structure of prayer for Igbo widows to deepen their faith, hope, and trust in God’s presence through prayer and scripture. It also built and strengthened the dignity and self-confidence of rural widows, promoted unity, mutual support, solidarity among them to resist injustice and oppression, to speak from strength, and experience support from their local parish. It created the kind of social holding that allowed it to be continued and replicated in other parishes.TheologyTheologyPastoral StudiesDegree Awarded: D.Min. Pastoral Studies. The Catholic University of Americ
The Examination of Differential Approaches to Suicidal Typologies to Better Inform Treatment
No full textThe field of suicidology has worked tirelessly to better understand the specificity and idiosyncratic nature of the suicidal mind. In this exploration, research has demonstrated that those considering suicide often maintain different orientations, or typologies, of their suicidal thoughts and/or behaviors. To better understand these orientations, theory, practice, and research have utilized suicidal desire (e.g. Suicide Index Scores) and suicidal motivation (e.g. reasons for living (RFL) versus reasons for dying (RFD) constructs. Despite data supporting the predictive ability of the desire and motivation classification methods in regard to treatment outcomes, suicidal typologies have been relatively understudied. The Suicide Status Form (SSF) of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) is a suicide-specific assessment tool that is well-validated across diverse populations. With high collaboration and empathy, CAMS uses a variety of items to better understand an individual’s suicidal risk, including RFL/RFD as well as scaled questions regarding one’s suicidal desire. No studies to date have studied typologies and their relationship to Core Assessment items of suicide (i.e. psychological pain, stress, agitation, hopelessness, and self-hate) and outcomes in a longitudinal framework. Additionally, few studies have directly compared the suicidal desire and motivation constructs using a typology approach. The current study used latent growth curve modeling (LGM) to determine how Core items change throughout the first five weeks of treatment and if the Core items mediate the relationship between typology and outcomes. Results showed hopelessness had the largest negative slope out of all the Core items, and also mediated the relationship of being in the wish to die (WTD) typology and outcome. The slope of hopelessness also mediated the relationship between being in the wish to live (WTL) typology and outcome. The current study also aimed to determine whether the suicidal desire or motivation classification was more explanatory in outcome. While results must be interpreted cautiously, the desire classification model appeared to be more explanatory; though including suicidal motivation provided a more comprehensive suicide assessment.Clinical psychologyambivalence, CAMS, suicide, typology, wish to die, wish to livePsychologyDegree Awarded: Ph.D. Psychology. The Catholic University of Americ
Main fale (thatched hut) and cookhouse, Manono, Samoa, circa 1974-1977
No full textMain fale (thatched hut) and cookhouse, Manono, Samoa, circa 1974-1977
Going vertical: citizen-led reform campaigns in the Philippines
No full textThe Philippines has a long history of state–society engagement to introduce reforms in government and politics. Forces from civil society and social movements have interfaced with reform-oriented leaders in government on a range of social accountability initiatives – to make governance more responsive, to introduce policy reforms, and to make government more accountable.
Several theoretical propositions on which strategic approaches work best for social accountability initiatives have been put forward – including the idea of vertically integrated civil society monitoring and advocacy. This multi-authored research report uses vertical integration as a framework for examining seven successful civil society social accountability initiatives in the Philippines, looking at what made them successful, and how the gains they realised can be deepened and sustained
Following the money in Ghana: from the grassroots to the hallways of the IMF
No full textAccountability Note. December 2017, Number 1. 17 pages
A STUDY OF THE NATURE OF THE ORNAMENT OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH PORTALS OF ROUEN CATHEDRAL
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
Lecciones sobre acción ciudadana y rendición de cuentas en los servicios públicos de salud de Guatemala
No full textAccountability Note. February 2018, Number 2. 14 pages. Spanish version
Francois Clouet's "Diane de Poitiers": A New Approach to an Enigmatic Subject
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio