PhD Abstracts

Many students complete PhDs in functional programming each year. As a service to the community, twice per year the Journal of Functional Programming publishes the abstracts from PhD dissertations completed during the previous year. The abstracts are made freely available on the JFP website, i.e. not behind any paywall. They do not require any transfer of copyright, merely a license from the author. A dissertation is eligible for inclusion if parts of it have or could have appeared in JFP, that is, if it is in the general area of functional programming. The abstracts are not reviewed. We are delighted to publish five abstracts in this round and hope that JFP readers will find many interesting dissertations in this collection that they may not otherwise have seen. If a student or advisor would like to submit a dissertation abstract for publication in this series, please contact the series editor for further details. Graham Hutton PhD Abstract Editor

The semantics and pragmatics of Amharic spatial expressions

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“Bastions of the Cross”: Medieval Rock-Cut Cruciform Churches of Tigray, Ethiopia

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Das hagiografische Werk zu Śarṣ́a Ṗeṭros. Werkgenese und Teiledition

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Nafisa Valieva, The ‘Gadla Lālibalā collection of textual units’: tradition and documentation

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The Textual Tradition of the Chronicle of John of Nikiu: Towards the Critical Edition of the Ethiopic Version

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The Issues of ʾAggabāb (Classic Gǝʿǝz Grammar) According to the Tradition of Qǝne Schools

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The Doctrinal Opinions Mulla Ali al- Qari in the Issues of Faith (Presentation and Criticism): آراء مُلَّا علي القاري العقدية في مسائل الإيمان: عرض ونقد

This Dissertation talks about Mullah Ali El Kary، died in (1014 hijri)، who is considered as one of the Hanfy scholars، who had a great effect on our Muslim Nation’s heritage، wit lot of attributions in various fields of science. He fell to some discrepancies in some believes. Thus this Dissertation is intended to demonstrate his true fact through studying his jurist’s opinions in Iman issues، so the reader can recognize how close or how deviated he was from Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama regarding these issues. This research is consisted of 5 demands preceded by the above- mentioned Dissertation Abstract and followed with the recommendations and indexes. The Dissertation Abstract is intended for the research and results، while the Dissertation introduction is intended for the research issues The first demand is: Mullah Ali El Kary in the definition of Faith (Iman)، the second demand is about Mullah Ali El Kary opinions regarding the increase and decrease of Iman، while the third demand is about Mullah Ali El Kary opinions regarding the exclusion of Iman، and the fourth demand is about Mullah Ali El Kary opinions regarding the conflict of whether the Iman is only verbal or moral، the last demand is about Mullah Ali El Kary opinions regarding the deference between Islam and Iman. The concluded results of the Dissertation: The diseased Mullah Ali El Kary agreed with Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama on the execlusion of Iman، but disagreed with them regarding the definition of Iman، stating that Iman do not increase or decrease and that Islam and Iman are the same thing and the dispute between Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama and the Postponers regarding Iman issues is only verbal.

Koloniale Untertanen. Die Politik der Staatsangehörigkeit im italienischen Eritrea und Deutsch-Ostafrika (1882–1919)

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