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"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 ... -
"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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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 ... -
Inexpression: Desire and language in Samuel Beckett's short prose
(Master thesis, 2010-11-22)This thesis examines expressions of lack and desire in three of Samuel Beckett's early texts. This examination is grounded in Beckett's artistic ideal, which states that artistic expression is doomed to fail. -
The Influence of the subtitled mode on the acquisition of English vocabulary. A case study of Norwegian and Austrian students’ recollection of English vocabulary from The Simpsons movie.
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)The purpose of this master's thesis is to investigate the influence of the subtitled mode on the acquisition of English Vocabulary in two Norwegian and two Austrian secondary schools. -
Ing-ord sin semantikk. Ein kvalitativ og kvantitativ studie av tydingar og tydingsutvikling hjå ing-ord i russiske aviser og i ordbøker (2000-2011)
(Master thesis, 2012-10-01)Etter Perestrojka har det kome mange lånord av ulikt slag inn i russisk frå engelsk, mellom anna ei gruppe ord som sluttar på -ing og kan sporast tilbake til former av engelske verb. For desse orda blir det gjerne forstått ... -
INGlish English. The progressive construction in learner narratives
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-06-20)The topic of the present thesis is the English progressive construction BE + V-ing; more specifically, as used by young L1 Norwegian learners of L2 English and same-age nativespeakers. The study is form-based and thus ... -
Instinct or Insight in Dystopia. Reading Margaret Atwood and Octavia Butler through a Darwinian Lens
(Master thesis, 2011-11-20)Margaret Atwood is a Canadian author known for novels such as The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace. Octavia Estelle Butler is an American author who has won several awards for her work. The novels I have selected for this ...