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On Continuity: Rush Rhees on Outer and InnerSurfaces of Bodies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article presents an edited excerpt from a hitherto unknown fragmentary treatise by Rush Rhees. In the treatise, Rhees gives his account of the problem of continuity that he had started elaborating before he became ... -
On Cultures and Artscience. Interdisciplinarity and Discourses of “Twos” and “Threes” after Snow’s Two Cultures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)At least since C.P. Snow’s seminal Rede lecture The Two Cultures, the idea of a significant difference in kind between the natural sciences and the arts and humanities has been prevalent in Western culture. A gap has been ... -
On dragons and elephants: Religion in domestic and international tourism in China and India
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)This introductory essay explores some of the commonalities and differences that emerge from reading this thematic issue on religion and tourism in China and India. Economic growth has led to an explosion in domestic tourism ... -
On Sappho 1: vv. 7–15 and Rigveda 1.118; an emendation in v. 18
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)The literary image in Sappho 1.7–15 of a goddess ascending on and travelling by a chariot which is yoked to birds occurs also of the Daughter of the Sun in hymn 1.118 of the Rigveda. Apart from the image as such, the shared ... -
On the (un)doing of anthropology and secularity, and its relevance for religious studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This essay is a response to the inquiries and discussions of ‘anthropology’s secular conditioning’ that Khaled Furani, Joel Robbins, Jonathan Boyarin, Matthew Engelke, Richard Handler, Elayne Oliphant, and Eduardo Dullo ... -
On the Acquisition of Tense...
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On the consciousness of anglicisms in Norwegian youth language
(Master thesis, 2009-08-27)In Europe, English language, as the language of national integration, is the most dominant word-donor to other less popular languages. But, is usage of English words a sign of cosmopolitanism or rather a sign of strange ... -
On the possibility of Resolute Transcendentalism in the Later Wittgenstein
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On the Practical Impossibility of Being Both Well-Informed and Impartial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Adam Smith argued that the ideal moral judge is both well-informedand impartial. As non-ideal moral agents, we tend only to be truly well-informed about those with whom we frequently interact. These are also those with ... -
On the rhetorical function of existential THERE
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On the use of prepositional verbs by Pakistani ESL learners: A corpus study
(Master thesis, 2023-11-20)Engelsk som andrespråk (ESL) er mye brukt i Pakistan, men pakistanske ESL-studenter har fortsatt problemer med å skrive og snakke engelsk. Feil er en naturlig del av andrespråkstilegnelse, så lærere må være klar over ... -
On What Really Matters - Arguing in Favor of Parfit’s View on Personal Identity
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'Ondt ofte lider den Fiskermand': Ei undersøking av statens krisetiltak i vintersildfisket 1957-1964
(Master thesis, 2012-05-21)Vintersildfisket endra dramatisk karakter i løpet av 1950-talet. Frå å vere det største fisket på Vestlandet i etterkrigstida, fall fangstane dramatisk på andre halvdel av 1950-talet. Denne masteroppgåva er ei studie av ... -
"One accent to rule them all". A sociolinguistic study of accent use and stereotyping in American fantasy films
(Master thesis, 2014-05-14)This thesis investigates accent use in a selection of American fantasy films. Specific characters traits have been correlated with various accents to detect systematic patterns and underlying language attitudes. -
One battle and two museums. A study of cultural discourses and categorizations at the Bloedrivier and the Ncome Heritage Sites in South Africa.
(Master thesis, 2009-05-15)Two museums have been put up on a site where there was a battle in 1838. One museum celebrates the white Afrikaners who won, one the Zulus, who lost. Today this battle plays part in various discourses on identity and nation ... -
"One foot in this world and one foot in that": Woman Hollering Creek and the bildungscomposite
(Master thesis, 2008-12-15)In this thesis I discuss the genre of Sandra Cisneros's Woman Hollering Creek. I argue that the book is what I here call a bildungscomposite," that is, a hybrid genre with elements from both the Bildungsroman and the short ... -
One Loveheart at a Time: The Language of Emoji and the Building of Affective Community in the Digital Medieval Studies Environment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The Old Books, New Science (OBNS) Lab began using Slack in May 2016 to facilitate the work of a diverse research group at the University of Toronto. Yet the OBNS Slack does not simply facilitate scholarly communication: ... -
"One of these misty halos". Joseph Conrad and the Subversion of the Adventure Story
(Master thesis, 2014-11-20)This thesis explores how the destabilization and subversion of the traditional adventure story genre in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899) and Lord Jim (1900) provide a critique of imperialism from within. Through ... -
Online Diaries and Blogs
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"Only I shall taste your body's joys:" The Erotic Function of Female Corporeality in The Flame and the Flower and Fifty Shades of Grey
(Master thesis, 2021-06-02)Denne oppgaven tar for seg hvordan de kroppslige kvalitetene til heltinnene i The Flame and the Flower (1972) av Kathleen E. Woodiwiss og Fifty Shades of Grey (2011) av E.L James blir representert og tillagt en erotisk ...