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Doblado de clítico de complemento directo: Estudio de la variedad de Cochabamba (Bolivia)
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-05)In this thesis we study clitic doubling, known as ‘doblado de clítico’ or ‘duplicación de complemento directo’ in Spanish, in the variety of Spanish spoken in Cochabamba, Bolivia. After dealing with personal pronouns in general, explaining the general use of clitic doubling in Spanish and introducing some of the characteristics of the variety spoken in Cochabamba, we consider this grammatical phenomena ... -
DP internal agreement in Amharic : a reverse agree solution
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-05-15)The main objective of this thesis is demonstrating that the DP internal functional elements in Amharic are the lexicalizations of the agreement between the functional projections in higher positions with the lexical elements in the c-command domains of these functional projections. The complex distribution of the functional elements such as the gender, number, definiteness and case markers is argued ... -
«Du jobber jo med språket og kulturen på en måte, men kanskje ikke så i dybden som man skulle ønske» - En kvalitativ studie av elevers erfaringer med samisk tematikk i norskfaget
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-05-16)Denne kvalitative studien tar for seg elevers erfaringer i møte med samisk innhold i norskfaget. Hensikten med studien er å undersøke, kartlegge og få kunnskap om hvilke opplevelser og tanker elever i dag har med samisk tematikk i opplæringa i norsk. Den overordnede problemstillingen er: Hvilke opplevelser, tanker og erfaringer har elever med opplæringa om samisk tematikk i norskundervisninga? For ... -
The effect of Cross-Linguistic Influence in Mandarin learners of English on interpreting state-change verbs in English
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-10-12)This thesis covers the discussion of the role of L1 Mandarin in the course of L2 English acquisition. I focus specifically on state-change verbs where English and Mandarin share some properties but diverge in interpretations, as a way of examining if Feature Reassembly Hypothesis (Lardiere, 2007, 2008, 2009) is extendable to other domains of grammar that are not explicitly discussed in previous ... -
The effect of executive function on referential use in returnee children
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-11-15)This longitudinal study investigates the choice of referential expressions in English of returnee children. The specific aim of this study is to examine whether there is a correlation between executive functions and choices of referential expressions in returnee children, and how they correlate if there is. Thirty-six Japanese-English speaking returnee bilingual children (returnee children are the ... -
The effect of media habits on English proficiency: A study of L1 Norwegian teenagers
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2017-05-14)This thesis compares the media habits of 86 Norwegian youth with their English proficiency. The goal is to investigate how much English we learn by e.g. watching TV, playing video games or listening to music. The 86 participants were between 16 and 20 years old, and answered a survey where they specified the number of hours they spent on an average day on each type of media. After this, they took ... -
The Effect of Media Habits on L2 English Proficiency: A study of L1 Norwegian lower secondary pupils
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-11-03)This thesis explores the possible significant interactions between lower secondary school pupils’ English proficiency and the extent and characteristics of English language exposure from their media habits and out-of-school activities. The English language has manifested itself in the Norwegian society, and teenagers are exposed to considerable amounts of English in their everyday lives. A ... -
The Effect of Norwegian Dyslexia Friendly Schools: The Acquisition of L2 English in 6th and 7th Grade
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-14)This research project focused on dyslexia and second language acquisition in 6th and 7th grade students attending Norwegian dyslexia friendly schools. The aim of the study was to investigate whether the dyslexia friendly schools had a positive effect on dyslexic students learning English as a second language in regard to text comprehension, oral skills, grammar and literacy. For this purpose, the ... -
The effects of grammar instruction when learning L2 English subject-verb agreement. An investigation of L1 Norwegian learners' acquisition of L2 English
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-12)In this master’s thesis, I investigate L1 Norwegian learners of L2 English and their difficulties with subject-verb agreement. The main aim of this study is to explore why this grammatical construction is problematic in L2 English and whether grammar instruction will affect the learners’ knowledge and accuracy of subject-verb agreement. The study combines insights and methods from linguistics ... -
The effects of vocabulary-oriented warm-up tasks on student vocabulary acquisition and task value beliefs
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-06-02)This thesis explores the possible interactions between vocabulary-oriented warm-up tasks and students’ vocabulary acquisition, and how these tasks can foster motivated students. A quasi-experiment was conducted in a Norwegian lower secondary school. It examined the effects of using a vocabulary-oriented, word guessing style game inspired by the board game Alias, through a receptive vocabulary test ... -
Eiendom på russisk. Er свой og sin så like som vi tror?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-11-09)I denne oppgaven ser jeg på hvordan eiendomspronomen brukes på norsk og russisk. Sin på norsk og свой russisk skal i teorien kunne brukes likt i 3.person. Så hvorfor da fikk jeg stadig høre om norske studenter som hadde problemer med å bruke eiendomspronomen rett på russisk? Var dette isolert til kun å gjelde 1.person og 2.person, der refleksivt pronomen ikke kunne brukes på norsk, men kunne brukes ... -
El Aspecto perfectivo y el aspecto imperfectivo en español y ruso. Un estudio contrastivo de los sistemas aspectuales en español y ruso.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-13)The objective of this thesis is to investigate in a comparative way the aspectual systems of Spanish and Russian through an examination of the Russian translation of a Spanish text. The book that i am going to use for this research is one of the greatest literary works of 20th century - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. Specifically. I will explore the perfective and imperfective ... -
El papel de la coerción en la alternancia ser / estar con adjetivos
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-10-31)This thesis examines the distribution of the Spanish copulas ser and estar with adjectives of different semantic categories. The focus of the analysis is the way in which combinations of Individual Level Predicates with estar, and Stage Level Predicates with ser can result in new readings of nominal predicates. Naturally occurring data are taken from Corpus del Español in order to study these ... -
El papel de la motivación en la enseñanza de ELE. Un estudio aplicado a ser/estar/hay e imperfecto/indefinido
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-07)I denne avhandlingen undersøkes det hvordan man kan undervise kontrastene i spansk grammatikk som ikke finnes i den norske for å fremme elevenes motivasjon. Oppgaven fokuserer på to ulike verbale kontraster: ser/estar/hay og indefinido/imperfecto. Disse kontrastene er utfordrende for norske elever fordi de må lære seg en ny språklig logikk, noe som krever en dypere forståelse. Når elever står ovenfor ... -
El perfecto en el español hablado en Galicia. Un estudio gramatical sobre usos y marcadores temporales
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-05-26)This master’s thesis explores the use of the verb tense perfect in the Spanish language spoken in Galicia, in given grammatical contexts. The perfect tense in Galicia is known to be of little use, even though it is a very common verb tense in the standardized Spanish of Spain. In this work we seek to explore the extend of its utilization and find out if there are contexts or situations where the ... -
El pretérito anterior en el español contemporáneo: datos y análisis
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-13)This work is an investigation into the meaning and current use of the Spanish grammatical form called ‘anterior preterite’ (PA, hubo terminado – was ended), comparing and analyzing contemporary written texts from the Spanish speaking world. Guided by recent and relevant bibliography, this study offers an analysis of predicates of the PA from different theoretical and empirical frameworks, like their ... -
El sexismo en el lenguaje: Estudio de los sustantivos de profesión
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-05)Denne masteroppgaven handler om kjønnsdiskriminert språk i spansk. Målet for oppgaven er å se i hvilken grad en mannssentrert (androsentrisk) kultur gjenspeiler seg i det spanske språket. Dette gjør jeg ved å studere et utvalg spanske yrkestitler, da jeg tror at yrkeslivet kan reflektere eventuelle kjønnsforskjeller i samfunnet og således i språket. I første omgang vil jeg se om yrkestitlene har så ... -
El tabú sexual en Chile: un estudio de percepciones lingüísticas
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-05-10)Taboos are important subjects in the vast majority of societies and in all languages we can find taboo words that restrict how the speakers of a given language express themselves. In Chile there are several types of taboo words and in this study we will focus on taboo words and expressions involving sexual references. The main objective of this research is to study the linguistic perception that ... -
El término bacalao en el mundo hispanohablante. Un estudio léxico y semántico
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-17)Denne oppgaven tar for seg det spanske ordet for torsk, bacalao. Oppgaven er en studie i ordets saklige og konkrete betydning, denotasjon, og dets utvidede betydning, konnotasjon. Målet med oppgaven er å utvikle en markedsstrategi for produktet bacalao i noen utvalgte markeder, der utgangspunktet er ordets betydning dets konnotasjoner i respektive marked. Oppgaven er innom lingvistiske fagdisipliner ... -
EL USO DE METÁFORAS CONCEPTUALES Y EL PROCESO DE FORMACIÓN DE MARCOS COGNITIVOS: análisis al debate sobre el aborto en España
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-05-16)I den spansktalendeverden er abort fortsatt et tema som skaper polemikk i samfunnet. Meninger om abort uttrykkes fra forskjellige perspektiver og er ofte omtalt i mediene. Mediene påvirker kulturen, politikken og samfunnsstrukturer, og ikke minst påvirker de oss som enkeltindivider. Mediene påvirker våre meninger og hvordan vi utrykker disse, og på hvilken måte vi kommuniserer med hverandre dvs. ...
