Blar i Department of Foreign Languages and Translation på tittel
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How to do things with signs. The formulation of directives on signs in public spaces
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper analyzes signs and written messages aimed at regulating people's behavior in public spaces. Based on a collection of more than 700 verbal and pictographic signs, the paper focuses on how the formulation of the ... -
Humanization of the Science Fiction Alien
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Hunter S. Thompson and gonzo journalism
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Hvordan kan teknologi skape nye undervisnings- og læringsmåter i fremmedspråksundervisningen fram mot 2030?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)I denne artikkelen drøfter jeg hvordan teknologi kan skape nye undervisnings- og læringsmåter i fremmedspråksundervisningen fram mot 2030. Jeg starter med å skissere et mulig framtidsscenario i form av et blogginnlegg ... -
"I will make an eve" : the construction of gender in Robert Brownings Men and women (1855)
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Identity and Hybridity in Zadie Smith's White Teeth
(Master thesis, 2023)The aim of this thesis is to explore identity and hybridity across two generations in two families in the multicultural suburb of Willesden in North West London in Zadie Smith’s White Teeth. The characters are analyzed ... -
Idioms : categorization, lexical representation and the question of compositionality
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The influence of English on Norwegian morphology: aspects of a contemporary development
(Master thesis, 2006)Three tentative hypotheses are suggested and tested in this thesis:1. That compounds, clips words and the genitive case are areas of Norwegian morphology which in fact are realms of uncertainty for users of the Norwegian ... -
The influence of improvisation activities on speaking confidence of EFL student teachers
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Innovative pragmatic codes in Ugandan English : a relevance-theoretic account
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The paper investigates innovative pragmatic codes in Ugandan English within the conceptual framework of Relevance Theory (cf. Sperber & Wilson 1986, Wilson & Sperber 2004). Wilson & Sperber (2004) state that an utterance ... -
Internalized Misogyny in Hip Hop: From Socio-Political Voice to Profit-Driven Objectification
(Master thesis, 2023)Hip Hop, with its social-political properties, is a genre that often discusses oppression and social injustice. This thesis aims at exploring how the genre contradicts these values with its view of women. In this context, ... -
Investigating the Distribution of L1 and L2 in Student-Student Interaction : A mixed-method study of student-student interaction in a Norwegian EFL classroom
(Master thesis, 2021)In English as a foreign language (EFL)learning, communicative competence is viewed as an important skill according to the English subject curriculum in Norway. In Norwegian EFL classrooms, pupils are often tasked with ... -
Investigating the Teaching and Learning of British and American Culture in Norwegian Upper Secondary School
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis is an investigation of teachers’ influence on pupils related to cultural knowledge in upper secondary. A semi-structured interview with three teachers provide data that is compared with a survey questionnaire ... -
Investigating tip-of-the-tongue states in Norwegian-English bilinguals : Effects of word frequency, cognate status and noun type in word retrieval, in relation to the bilingual profile
(Master thesis, 2021)The current study aimed to explore the effects of frequency, cognate status and noun type in tip-of-the-tongue occurrences in Norwegian-English bilinguals. In what manner the bilingual profile may exert influence on the ... -
‘The Invisible Blood Pours Forth’ : Trauma in Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin and Maria Padian’s Wrecked
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin (2000) and Maria Padian’s Wrecked (2016), and examine how the characters are affected by sexual trauma and rape culture. The novels depict a society that creates ... -
Is the Brazilian Portuguese phrase estar indo, i.e. be going [to], being grammaticalized into an auxiliary, and if that is the case, is it a borrowing from English? : A comparative study of the grammaticalization of Early Modern English be going to and the Present-Day Brazilian Portuguese estar indo
(Master thesis, 2018)The aim of this thesis is to compare the grammaticalization of English be going to and Brazilian Portuguese estar indo (i.e. the equivalent to English be going to) in order to investigate whether the phrase is grammaticalizing ... -
Joy of Reading in the ESL Classroom : Can reading a self-selected graphic novel create joy of reading and lead to free voluntary reading for vocational English pupils? A case study
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis I look at whether reading a self-selected graphic novel can lead to joy of reading, and if it increases the likelihood of free voluntary reading. The study was conducted in a Norwegian vocational ... -
Kroppslighet og jomfrukur i Hans E. Kincks tragedie: Den Sidste Gjest (1910)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)In his play on Pietro Aretino (1492-1556), the Norwegian dramatist and novelist Hans E. Kinck (1865-1926) focuses on his character's relationship to the body and use of young women, in particular the young girl, Perina. A ... -
Kurt Vonnegut and the Postmodern Satire
(Master thesis, 2023)A broad look at the reformative qualities in Kurt Vonnegut's writing, through the analyses of three of his novels (The Sirens of Titan, Cat's Cradle, and Slaughterhouse-Five).