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A 39,600-year-old leather punch board from Canyars, Gavà, Spain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Puncture alignments are found on Palaeolithic carvings, pendants, and other fully shaped osseous artifacts. These marks were interpreted as abstract decorations, system of notations, and features present on human and animal ... -
72013 e F20C1 Analisi pragmalinguistica degli stili comunicativi della generazione Z: gli insulti nella trap
(Master thesis, 2022-05-20)Gli insulti fanno parte del patrimonio linguistico di ogni cultura e attraverso il loro studio sul piano diacronico e sincronico è possibile ricostruire il contesto culturale, sociale e storico di appartenenza. La strategia ... -
A bakestones journey to Borgund. An archaeological study of Borgund’s role in the trade of bakestones in Western Norway between the 11th and 16th century
(Master thesis, 2023-11-10)This thesis studies bakestones found in the Medieval town of Borgund, and the town’s position in the commerce network of bakestones in Western Norway. Borgund lies on the sailing route between Trondheim and Bergen, located ... -
A Changing Focus: a historiographical analysis on the Swedish Era of Great Power in scholarly literature from before 1940 to the modern day
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Denne masteroppgaven er en historiografisk studie av fokuset på individer og hendelser, struktur, Sveriges konflikter med Danmark, i Tyskland og i øst samt de politiske, militære, sosiale og økonomiske aspektene i fagliteratur ... -
A Cross-linguistic Form and Meaning Priming Study on Mandarin Chinese Multilingual Speakers
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A home of one’s own | Philosophical considerations on the issue of housing
(Master thesis, 2020-12-15)While architects, social psychologists, anthropologists and historians have conceptualized it in varied ways, little has been made of the issue of housing in philosophy. The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate that many ... -
A Master's Thesis Has No Name: A study on personal names in fantasy literature
(Master thesis, 2019-06-21)Denne masteroppgåva handlar om personnamn i fantasy-seriane A Song of Ice and Fire av George R.R. Martin og The Stormlight Archive av Brandon Sanderson. Oppgåva sitt mål er undersøke korleis personnamna frå desse seriane ... -
A Monster Will Help You: Childhood Grief, Healing Nightmares, and Monstrous Wish-Fulfillment in A Monster Calls and The Nest
(Master thesis, 2023-05-25)Denne oppgaven tar for seg ulike debatterte tema innen barnelitteratur, slik som skumle bøker, monstre, sorg, død, traumer, med formålet om å vise hvorfor det er viktig å skape åpenhet rundt disse temaene. Basert på oppdatert ... -
A Ritual of Doubt Yiqing (疑情) in Kanhua Chan Buddhism and its Practice in Korean Contemporary Ganhwa Seon meditation
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“A strange feeling of disquiet, of foreboding” Om uhygge og ubehag i Jane Eyre (1847) og Rebecca (1938)
(Master thesis, 2022-05-20)Denne avhandlingen tar for seg Jane Eyre (1847) av Charlotte Brontë og Rebecca (1938) av Daphne du Maurier. I løpet av oppgaven vil jeg sammenligne disse to romanene med utgangspunkt i rom og karakterer som har en uhyggelig ... -
AAVE In Pop-Music: Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation?
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Denne oppgaven tar for seg bruk av African American Vernacular English (AAVE) i pop-musikksjangeren. Det legges spesielt vekt på diskusjonen om en kan snakke om kulturelle appropriering, når ikke-svarte musiker bruker AAVE ... -
Ability qua Mobility: Disability as Identity and Hierarchy in Brave New World and Flowers for Algernon
(Master thesis, 2020-05-29)Skildringa av funksjonshemjing i litteraturen er ein verdifull målestokk for dei samfunnsverdiane som eit samfunn forventar både av kropp og sinn. Science Fiction inviterer særskild ei lesing med fokus på funksjonshemjing ... -
Abort og fosterreduksjon: En etisk sammenligning
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)De siste årene har fosterreduksjon i økende grad vært gjenstand for debatt i Norge, og intensiteten nådde et foreløpig maksimum da Lovavdelingen leverte tolknings-uttalelsen § 2 - Tolkning av abortloven i 2016 som svar på ... -
Abortion and multifetal pregnancy reduction: An ethical comparison
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In recent years, multifetal pregnancy reduction (MFPR) has increasingly been a subject of debate in Norway. The intensity of this debate reached a tentative maximum when the Legislation Department delivered their interpretative ... -
The Absent ‘Thing’ and the Value of Distance – Social media through an Arendtian lens
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The Abyss of Intransitivity: On Critical Realism and Theories of Religion
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Academic Vocabulary Unleashed Potential?A corpus study of English course materials for advanced Norwegian learners of English
(Master thesis, 2015-11-20)A corpus study of English course materials for advanced Norwegian learners of English -
Academic writing in the Baltic States: Introducing the Bwrite project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In the project Bwrite (Academic Writing in the Baltic States: Rhetorical Structures through Cultures and Languages), we aim to address the lack of an empirically grounded holistic understanding of non-Anglophone writing ...