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A survey of the outside language pressure on modern faroese: with a view to assessing a possible increase in the use of English loanwords
(Master thesis, 2006)The focus of this work has been on the outside pressure on the Faroese language with an particular view to assessing a possible increase of new English Imports inot the language in view of the present-day technological ... -
Syntaktische Entwicklung
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Teaching about indigenous people with Minecraft Education
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis investigates the potential of Minecraft Education (ME) as a tool for teaching Norwegian lower secondary school pupils about indigenous people, with a particular focus on the Māori people of New Zealand. A ... -
The "intimate enemies": Edward Dowden, W. B. Yeats and the formation of character
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Stung by Edward Dowden's reluctance to endorse the Irish Literary Revival, W. B. Yeats distanced himself publicly from the TCD Professor. This act of distancing has largely been accepted by subsequent scholarship as a ... -
The acquisition of verb movement in first language acquisition : comparison of english and norwegian
(Master thesis, 2013)In the previous sections I compared the findings of researchers studying several different child languages. One language, child English, does not provide compelling evidence of the presence of the functional layers during ... -
The African American Experience: Race and racism in the literary creations of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye (1970), Sula (1973), and Beloved (1987)
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis examines how the literary characters in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye (1970), Sula (1973), and Beloved (1987) are inflicted by racial discrimination. The novels depict a society that promotes white privilege, ... -
The appeal of Twilight : what attracts readers to the twilight saga?
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The complexity of character in Marlowe`s Tamburlaine
(Master thesis, 2011) -
The development of the English BE + V-ende/V-ing periphrasis : from emphatic to progressive marker?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The article discusses the grammaticalization of the be + V-ende/V-ing periphrasis as a progressive marker. On the basis of quantitative data, it is claimed that the periphrasis started out as an emphatic alternative to the ... -
The level of old norse influence on the development of middle english
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The Object of the Phallus: A Psychoanalytic Feminist Analysis of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth.
(Master thesis, 2022)Much scholarly attention has been paid to the patriarchal constraints governing the lives of women. In this context, the role of discourse in the formation of representations of women is seminal to the feminist cause. The ... -
The Power of Many Stories: Afropolitanism in Teju Cole's Open City and Chimamanda Adichie's Americanah
(Master thesis, 2022)Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg Afropolitanisme som et paradigmeskifte i postkolonial litteratur og teori. Jeg belyser Afropolitanisme gjennom bøkene Open City av Teju Cole og Americanah av Chimamanda Adichie. -
The remains of the day : tradition and the individualist survivor
(Master thesis, 2014) -
“The Road Not Taken”: poetry and personal insight in the EFL classroom and beyond
(Master thesis, 2016)This qualitative study examines how Norwegian tenth graders show personal insight through the reading of the poem “The Road Not Taken”. The research is based on the responses from two English classes in a lower secondary ... -
Theater of war : Cultural resistance and Susan Sontag’s staging of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot in besieged Sarajevo
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019) -
Thomas Middleton’s Legal Duel: A Cognitive Approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)