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“I feel like it’s giving me a lot as a language teacher to be a learner myself”: Factors affecting the implementation of a multilingual pedagogy as reported by teachers of diverse languages
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)To boost the foreign language learning process, language teachers need to know how to implement a multilingual pedagogy, that is, they should be able to draw on their and their students’ knowledge of other languages during ... -
"I give you the ned of a golden string"; The Gothic Element in William Blake
(Master thesis, 2008-12-04)Denne oppgave ser på hvordan det Gotiske utarter seg i poesien og ideene til William Blake gjennom å bruke teoriene til John Ruskin fra The Stones of Venice og Modern Painters. Ved hjelp av Ruskin’s teori, som fokuserer ... -
I Guess I Do, But I shouldn't. A study of teachers' beliefs and practices about L1 use in the Norwegian ESL classroom
(Master thesis, 2014-11-20)This study investigates English teachers' beliefs and practices in regards to L1/L2 use in the Norwegian ESL classroom. This was examined by conducting teacher interviews, classroom observations and a student questionnaire. ... -
"I Love Accents" - the use of accents in American sitcoms
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)This thesis is concerned with the use of accents in American sitcoms. The aim of the study is to investigate if there is a systematic correlation between accent type and character type. Six sitcoms were included in the ... -
"I sound so posh compared to you lot". Phonological variation and change in the Surrey accent
(Master thesis, 2014-05-14)This thesis is a sociolinguistic study focusing on the accent spoken in Surrey. It has investigated five phonological variables: CURE-lowering, L-vocalisation, R-fronting, Yod-coalescence and upspeak. While the first four ... -
‘I would say [k]ar, yeah. [kʲ]ar, yeah’. Phonological variation and change in Portadown
(Master thesis, 2016-05-13)This thesis is a study in language variation and change in Portadown, Northern Ireland. Previous studies have shown that certain Belfast features have changed, and that these changes have spread to areas in the Lagan Valley ... -
Identidad lingüística en Guinea Ecuatorial: diglosia y actittudes lingüísticas ante el español
(Master thesis, 2015-05-14)En la tesina investigué las actitudes lingüísticas de los nativos de Guinea Ecuatorial ante el español. Es un estudio sociolingüístico que averigua, por una parte, la marca lingüística de identidad y pertenencia de los ... -
Identifying opposition against increased carbon tax and reduced red meat consumption
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Identifying the individual characteristics that predict climate policy support can inform strategies to increase support for climate policies. This study examines how individual characteristics predict support for two ... -
Identifying pluralistic approaches in language subjects in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden – A comparative curriculum analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In Scandinavia, plurilingualism has been embraced as an important goal in language curricula. However, research shows that teachers struggle to understand what plurilingualism is and how it can be implemented. To address ... -
Ideology and Interpretation in Children's illustrated books: Jostein Gaarder's De Gule Dvergene (The Yellow Dwarves) and its Spanish version.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Este artículo trata la relación entre el texto escrito y las imágenes en los libros infantiles ilustrados. Tiene como objetivo mostrar el papel que pueden tener las imágenes o dibujos en la literatura infantil y cómo la ... -
"Il Gattopardo" di Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa fra paradigma ottocentesco e narrativa modernista
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)Questa tesi è una lettura ravvicinata de Il Gattopardo (1958) di Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. L'analisi prende spunto da quello che Guido Mazzoni chiama il paradigma ottocentesco, termine col quale definisce la narrativa ... -
Il progetto drammaturgico di Giambattista Giraldi: Retorica e tematica di un dramma moderno
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Il y a polyphonie et polyphonie
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Image and Word in Postmodern Poetry: Friederike Mayröcker’s BROTWOLKE
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article explores the interplay of visual arts and poetic images in postmodern poetry, focusing on the case of Friederike Mayröcker’s poem BROTWOLKE, nach Karla Woisnitza (1996) [BREADCLOUD, after Karla Woisnitza]. The ... -
Imágenes culturales esencialistas y constructivistas de empleados argentinos y noruegos
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las actitudes culturales que perciben los empleados noruegos y argentinos. El análisis se basa en entrevistas realizadas en empresas noruegas situadas en Argentina. El trabajo pretende ... -
The Immigrant Experience. Fictional Immigrant Narratives as Rites de Passages
(Master thesis, 2015-05-15)This thesis examines how three immigrant novels can be viewed as rites de passages and how this term can shed light on the immigrant process as this is represented in literature. The three novels explored in this thesis ... -
The Impact of Text Messaging on Standard English
(Master thesis, 2009-05-14)Many people claim that text messaging is ruining Standard English, and that there will be a decline in literacy because of this new phenomenon with all its abbreviations and deviant spellings. My hypothesis 1 was that ... -
La importancia del aspecto verbal en la enseñanza del pretérito indefinido y del imperfecto del español en la escuela secundaria noruega
(Master thesis, 2012-05-14)The present study involves the realization of an experiment that demonstrates the importance of verbal aspect in the teaching of the verbal tenses preterite and imperfect for second level students of Spanish in their first ... -
In Limbo, or, The Protracted Death of the Novel: William Gaddis’s J R and the Precarious State of Postmodern Literature
(Master thesis, 2020-06-03)Eksperimentell postmodernistisk litteratur blir framleis møtt med skepsis og skuldingar om irrelevans, også av tonegjevande litteraturkritikarar som Fredric Jameson, som rangerer litteratur under resterande kunstarter i ...