It is well known that referentially defective nominals fall into two broad categories: pro-forms whose reference seems structurally constrained (local anaphors, OC pro) and those which are discourse-pragmatically conditioned (logophors, deictic pronouns, indexicals). Nevertheless, a strict binary distinction cannot be maintained because most actually straddle the syntax-discourse divide: e.g. deictic ...

This dissertation discusses living experiences and stories of urban Ainu youth, Indigenous people of Japan in the twenty-first century. I have weaved my own experiences as a Tokyo Ainu into the discussion in order to illustrate forms of Ainu cultural revitalization in cities. In the thesis, I ask: What attributes in cities facilitate the process of Ainu cultural revitalization? The dissertation ...

Knowledge held by people who have been involved in intimate and direct engagement with their land is often valuable for our understanding of past land use. This study has through an interdisciplinary approach explored the possible benefits of emphasizing local knowledge, local participation and the increasing possibilities within digital media, seen from an archaeological viewpoint. The study areas ...

<p>Background: Life-threatening events come in various forms, affecting individuals and their societies by evoking fear. Collective dangers such as terrorist attacks, war, conflict, and natural disasters may create societal chaos and suffering. Children in particular appear to be vulnerable as regards dealing with fear from life-threatening events. Although most children and adolescents do not develop ...

This doctoral dissertation’s aim is to answer the question of how citizens should talk to each other about matters of public interest in the context of deep pluralism and mass democracy. Specifically, I advocate a strong moral basis of equal respect as a guiding norm in democratic deliberation. This guiding norm entails an epistemic idea of public reason that can make sure that democratic procedure ...

Sammendrag Avhandlingen studerer russiske kvinner som har bosatt seg i Finnmark, og har fokus på deres kjønnede fortellinger om hverdagsliv og tilknytning i nord. Avhandlingen bygger på feltarbeid i en by i Finnmark i perioden 2012-2015, og inneholder tre artikler som på ulike måter tar oss inn i russiske kvinners fortellinger om deres feminine prosjekter i Nord-Norge. Avhandlingen undersøker ...

This thesis focuses on the semantics of distributivity, grammatical number, and cardinality predicates (i.e. numerals and quantity modifiers such as 'several'), and more generally on the way the concept of multiplicity is represented in the semantics of natural language. I argue that constructions involving so-called 'dependent plurals', i.e. plurals lacking numerals or quantity modifiers occurring ...

Gjennom til sammen fem analyser fra byene Kirkenes, Narvik og Kiruna utforsker avhandlingen prosesser der stedsmeninger konstitueres og rekonstitueres. Basert på en forståelse av sted som åpent og produsert innenfor en utvidet geografi, benyttes meningsproduktive prosesser som inntak til situerte analyser som gir kunnskap om orden og uorden, motsetninger og forhandlinger, samt begrensninger og ...

Det eksisterer mye kunnskap om skoleutvikling og endringsprosesser. Likevel mangler det teorier og strategier som adresserer det komplekse, kaotiske og motsetningsfylte i pedagogers hverdag, inkludert i utviklingsarbeid. Skoler må i dag kunne gjøre rede for kvalitet og forbedre praksis ved behov. Samtidig savnes tradisjoner, strukturer og felles språk for dette. Denne studien retter oppmerksomhet ...

This dissertation contributes to the implementation of the interdisciplinary topic public health and life skills in the Norwegian Language Arts in upper secondary school. It combines humanities and social science approaches with the aim of examining teaching materials, methods and teachers’ perspectives based on 13 qualitative interviews. First, the challenges that current conceptualizations of ...