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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 ... -
Ontology extraction for coreference chaining
(In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Anaphora Resolution, Mjølfjell, Norway, September 28-30, 2005., Chapter, 2005-09)The KunDoc project investigates coreference chaining with ontology-based methods. In this paper, we discuss knowledge-based methods for coreference chaining and in particular the use of ontologies and their acquisition ... -
Opinions about Perceived Linguistic Intelligibility in Late-Medieval Italy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article contributes to the historical study of intercomprehension between speakers of closely related languages by focusing on Italy in the period up to the mid-fifteenth century. After an introduction to the topic, ... -
Oppfatninger om muslimer og islam. En kritisk og relevansteoretisk analyse av meningsbærende tekster i alternative og tradisjonelle medier
(Master thesis, 2022-05-20)I denne oppgava undersøker jeg språklige framstillinger av og oppfatninger om muslimer og islam i sju norske medietekster. Problemstillinga jeg svarer på, er: Hvilke oppfatninger om muslimer og islam kan sies å komme ... -
Opphevelsen av selvet. Subjektivitet i Samuel Becketts "Textes pour rien"
(Master thesis, 2010-05-17)Denne studien undersøker subjektivitetsmanifestasjoner og relasjoner mellom subjektet og dets representasjoner, med utgangspunkt i Samuel Becketts «Textes pour rien» og gjennom en sammenligning med den forutgående ... -
Opprør, infiltrasjon og intervensjon. Korleis FN og UNOGIL medverka til at den libanesiske krisa i 1958 vart løyst.
(Master thesis, 2010-05-17)Den 11. juni 1958 vedtok Tryggingsrådet i FN og sende United Nation Observation Group In Lebanon (UNOGIL) til Libanon for å overvake grensa mellom Libanon og Syria. Avgjersla var grunna ein klage som den libanesiske ... -
Optically stimulated luminescence dating of heat retainer hearths from the Sahara: Insights into signal accumulation and measurement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Heat retainer hearths are a prominent component of the Holocene archaeological record of a number of drylands. Rocks within these hearths were fired in antiquity, emptying the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) source ...