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Documenting heritage language experience using questionnaires
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-23)Introduction: There exists a great degree of variability in the documentation of multilingual experience across different instruments. The present paper contributes to the “methods turn” and individual differences focus in (heritage) bilingualism by proposing a comprehensive online questionnaire building on existing questionnaires and the experience of using them to document heritage bilingualism: ... -
To make and unmake souls: Fiction as a tool for dehumanisation and rehumanisation
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-15)This thesis investigates the dehumanising and rehumanising power of literature, illustrating the points with examples from novels, most prominently Philip Roth's 2004 novel The Plot Against America. It argues that the kind of fiction we consume influences how we think, and that we must be critical readers in order to not get swept away by a dehumanising narrative. Antisemitism will be a major focus, ... -
En kuratert reise i Synnøve Persens kunstnerskap. Samisk revitalisering, avkoloniserende arbeid og kunstnerisk fornyelse
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-15)Denne oppgaven er en undersøkelse av fire kunstverk av Synnøve Persen - Skábma/ Mørketid (1978), Glássadiibmu/ Glassklokken (1982), Labyrint I (2009), og Crystal World - the Horizon/ Kristálla máilbmi - Albmeravda/ Krystallverden - horisont (2014). Gjennom disse verkene ser vi Persens kunstneriske utfoldelse gjennom nesten 40 år, og den samiske kunstens stadige fornyelse. Vi ser en evig vilje til ... -
The "Blackness of Blackness". The city and identity in Toni Morrison’s Jazz and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-15)This thesis aims to explore identity and individuality when entering and living in the city for African Americans in the 1920s. More specifically I aim to explore how migrating North from the South caused a crisis of identity for many African Americans and why this happened. Principally through looking at the novels Invisible Man and Jazz, but also through using essays on the city and identity from ... -
Feitskam i sosiale medier. En undersøkelse av fire influencere på Instagram
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-13)Denne masteren gjør en empirisk case analyse på fire kroppspositive influencere på Instagram ved å studere feitskam som et fenomen på sosiale medier. Hvilke typer poster produserer influencerne? Hvilke poster engasjerer mest? Hvilken type brukerengasjement er mest vanlig? Finnes det likheter/ulikheter mellom disse influencerne? Stuart Halls kommunikasjonsmodell og teorien om representasjon sammen ... -
Finding the Self through Travel: A Psychoanalytic Analysis of Self-Discovery and Transformation in Travel Writing
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-12)My thesis addresses the themes of self-discovery and transformation in travel literature. The travel writing narrative reinforces a cultural and personal consciousness in which mobility, observation, curiosity, accuracy, and imagination become qualities fundamental to understanding oneself. Journeys of self-discovery are a popular form of narrative in travel literature. Using Paulo Coelho’s The ... -
‘No, she’s not going anywhere’: Subversions of Virtuous Passivity and Condemned Agency in Modern Retellings of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘Snow White’
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-12)This thesis examines how the depictions of femininity found in traditional versions of the fairy tales ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘Snow White’ are challenged in modern retellings from the 20th and 21st centuries. Analysing Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s version of these tales in their historical context, this thesis details how portrayals of femininity are reduced to the archetypes of the passive angelic ... -
Challenging the topics of interracial friendship, immigration, and racism by taking them into the 9th and 10th grade classroom. An analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie´s Americanah and Roald Dahl´s The Big Friendly Giant and how to teach them in secondary school
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-06-11)This thesis examines two literary works, Roald Dahl´s children´s fiction book, The Big Friendly Giant, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie´s realistic fiction novel, Americanah. It explores how these books can be used to teach students in secondary school about topics such as racism, immigration, prejudiced behavior, and stereotypes, as well as interracial friendship. Kelly Oliver´s theory on subjectivity ... -
Facilitation of critical thinking and ethical awareness by reading dystopian literature
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-14)This thesis explores the potential of dystopian literature to facilitate critical thinking and ethical awareness, drawing on the theories of Martha Nussbaum and Wayne C. Booth to provide a theoretical framework for analysis. The study focuses on two classic dystopian novels, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. It analyzes how these novels invite reflections on ... -
Being at the Centre of a Scandal – Exploring the Complexities of the Sexual Deviant. Queer Counterspaces and their Effect on Character Development and Self-Actualisation in The Picture of Dorian Gray and Giovanni’s Room
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-14)This thesis addresses literary representations of queerness in public and private places. Lauren Berlant and Michael Warner’s 1998 essay ‘Sex in Public’ addresses the public’s association with sexuality and the idea of counterpublics. This thesis aims to use this idea of counterpublics in association with queer spacing, Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopias, and the concept of the deviant. I ... -
The Current Status of English Grammar Instruction in the Norwegian school system: Attitudes, Opinions, and Practices
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-14)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the current status of grammar teaching in the English subject in Norwegian schools, through English teachers' points of view. A mixed methods study was conducted by gathering data from English teachers all over Norway through interviews and an online questionnaire. The foundation of the research study is two research questions, each of which includes complementary ... -
Learnings from/about diversity in space and time: discursive constructions in the semiotic landscape of a teacher education building in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-25)This article critically examines the discourses concerning historical and transnational linguistic and cultural diversity in the semiotic landscape of a new teacher education building in Norway. In 2020, this building, housing the Department of Education, opened at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, in the city of Tromsø. Designing, constructing, and decorating a new building for a national ... -
Methodological challenges in working with Indigenous communities
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-02)n their epistemological article, Grenoble and Osipov (2023, henceforth G&O) touch on some of the practical and ideological difficulties in working with Indigenous communities, in particular in relation to their work with the Even communities in northeastern Russia. They mention low speaker numbers and the associated challenge of obtaining sufficient data, the practical difficulties of reaching these ... -
Samuel Hearne, The Denesuline, and The Beaver: Zoology and Its Effect in an Early Canadian Natural-Cultural Contact Zone
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-24)Recent scholarship on Samuel Hearne's A Journey to the Northern Ocean (1795) has highlighted how Hearne's journey of exploration functioned to demonstrate the Hudson's Bay Company's strategic geopolitical worth, obscure the violence of its colonialist enterprise, and generate images of an empty North conducive to colonial settlement. Drawing on such scholarship, this essay attempts to nuance statements ... -
Hippocampal adaptations in Mild Cognitive Impairment patients are modulated by bilingual language experiences
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-24)Bilingualism has been shown to contribute to increased resilience against cognitive aging. One of the key brain structures linked to memory and dementia symptom onset, the hippocampus, has been observed to adapt in response to bilingual experience – at least in healthy individuals. However, in the context of neurodegenerative pathology, it is yet unclear what role previous bilingual experience ... -
Grunnleggende motiv som lignelser i tre romaner av P.O Enquist
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-06-09)Denne masteroppgaven tar sikte på å analysere motiver i Per Olov Enquists romaner Nedstörtad Ängel (1985), Kaptein Nemos bibliotek (1991) og Liknelseboken (2013). Motivene analyseres basert på Mikhael Bakhtins filosofi knyttet til intertekstualitet, samt Søren Kierkegaards filosofi om kjærlighet og tro. I masteroppgaven kommer det frem at motivene i romanene, og på tvers av dem, bygges som lignelser ... -
«Nå må jeg begynne å gjøre noe, jeg må ta et grep!» Samiske elevers erfaringer med overgangen ut av det samiske språkforvaltningsområdet
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-31)Denne avhandlingen handler om samiske elevers erfaringer med overgangen ut av samisk språkforvaltningsområde. Empirien i studien baserer seg på syv kvalitative forskningsintervjuer med en sammensatt gruppe elever på en videregående skole. Fem av elevene har samisk bakgrunn, hvorav fire av disse igjen har erfaringer med overgangen ut av forvaltningsområdet. Jeg har analysert de samiske elevenes ... -
The role of English as L2 in the acquisition of L3 Norwegian by Italian native speakers. Cross-linguistic Influence in adult multilingualism.
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-19)As the field of third language acquisition (L3A) expands, the question of whether one or more languages influence the acquisition of (an) additional language(s) remains central. This thesis aims to contribute to the ongoing debate in the field of L3A by examining the role of English as a second language (L2) in the acquisition of L3 Norwegian by Italian native speakers (L1). English is the most ... -
Causativisation and Applicativisation with the Grammaticalised Verb De in Akan
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-16)The thesis investigates a grammaticalised verb de, reanalysed as a semi/functional element which is involved in valency changing operations such as causativisation and applicativisation in Akan. The causative and applicative use of the morpheme points to a polysemous syncretism (Franco 2019) in the language. De is realised as three different heads with different functions: as a causer, an ... -
Palatalitet hos ungdommer i Vest-Lofoten: En kombinert studie av tale- og skriftspråk
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-15)I denne masteroppgaven har jeg undersøkt muntlig og skriftlig palatalitet hos 29 ungdommer i Vest-Lofoten. Jeg har derfor brukt en kombinasjon av metoder for å samle både muntlige og skriftlige data. Lofotmålet har tradisjonelt palatalitet, og det ene hovedfokuset har vært å undersøke variasjonsmønstrene for variablene /n/, /l/, /d/ og /t/ i talemålet. Her har jeg brukt en muntlig elisiteringsoppgave ...
