Browsing Master's theses in English by Issue Date
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Root canals : identity in Zadie Smith`s White teeth
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From cohesion to thematics in the multimodal situation : the problem of the modal barrier
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The emergence of christianity within the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria : an exploration into its earlist roots and an investigation in to the influences it had on the culture in the region then and today
(Master thesis, 2007)This thesis commences with a description of Pre-Roman and Roman Britain, to identify the people who lived in Northumbria and their background. The description then progresses with an explanation about the withdrawal of ... -
The silencing of women in westerns : a psychoanalytic, lacanian, and feminist approach
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Between good end evil: on the moral ambiguity in "Buffy and the vampire slayer"
(Master thesis, 2007)Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer aims to empower young women through a declared feminist agenda. The main body of this thesis explores what it is that makes Buffy a television show with a feminist agenda. This ... -
Nineteen eighty-four´s dystopian vision: power and the individual
(Master thesis, 2007)Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is by many known for, and consequently discussed in terms of, its “predictions” of the future, and its political satire. This thesis does not aim at discussing Orwell’s political ambitions, ... -
The new England code : controlling female agency in contemporary American tv drama
(Master thesis, 2008)In an attempt to contextualize the DC observations, the overarching super-genre of melo-drama has been given particular attention. The relevance of melodrama is evident as the main ‘corpus’ of the survey, Cold Case, embodies ... -
Hunter S. Thompson and gonzo journalism
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South Park´s ambiguoues satiric expression
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Liminal characters in the science fiction of Philip K. Dick
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Negation in English : compared to Norwegian
(Master thesis, 2011)