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Putting the Cybermedia Model into Educational Practice: Expanding the Framework
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-08-23)In this paper, we build on an earlier operationalization of Aarseth and Calleja’s cybermedia model for an interdisciplinary evaluation of games as potential tools and objects for teaching and learning. Here, we critically develop the model and original template, and expand its four dimensions with two additional layers. We then use the expanded framework on concrete examples to illustrate how the ... -
Expanding structures while reducing mappings: Morphosyntactic complexity in agglutinating heritage languages
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024-07-25)Research on heritage language grammars to date provides overwhelming support for the general stability of their syntactic systems, while the status of their morphology can vary considerably. In this chapter we offer remarks on the morphological complexity of agglutinating heritage languages, taking a closer look at a number of phenomena in Labrador Inuttitut, Cherokee, and American Hungarian. Four ... -
Verb placement in embedded clauses in heritage Norwegian
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-07-26)Purpose: This study examines embedded clauses with adverb/negation in heritage speakers of Norwegian in North America. We ask (a) whether the production of these structures is different from the baseline, (b) how the production is different, and (c) why it is different.<p> <p>Methodology: 50second to fifth-generation speakers from the Corpus of American Nordic Speech (CANS) are compared with ... -
Et valgskred uten velgere
(Chronicle; Kronikk, 2024-07-09)Det var ikke Keir Starmer som vant valget i Storbritannia. Det var Rishi Sunak som tapte. -
Professional identity of public librarians, archivists, and museum professionals in five European countries
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-07-10)Purpose - The purpose is to investigate the professional identity of public library, archive and museum (LAM) professionals in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Norway and Sweden.<p> <p>Design/methodology/approach - The data have been gathered through the administration of three questionnaires. A comprehensive analysis is conducted to explore the variations in the professionals’ perceptions of their ... -
Dáiddakártta. Cartography in Contemporary Art Practices
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2024-07-26)This article explores contemporary art practices in Sápmi which utilise maps as a tool and medium. The importance of the artist Hans Ragnar Mathisen’s abundant maps from the mid-1970s is acknowledged, and furthermore the article looks into examples from the next generation Sámi artists who create dáiddakárta, which literally translates to art maps. Although not a traditional Sámi way of mapping and ... -
Cross-linguistic Influence in Third Language Acquisition
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-31)The present study examins how adults who speak Turkish as their first language and English as their second language acquire possessive pronouns in Norwegian as their third language, focusing on cross-linguistic influence. The study uses a combination of methods including a language history questionnaire, Norwegian and English proficiency tests, and an acceptability judgement task, while testing the ... -
The Power of Literature: Mental Health Education in The English Upper-Secondary Classroom
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-13)This thesis investigates how and why English literature should be used in the upper-secondary classroom to increase awareness, knowledge and empathy in relation to mental health, for the purpose of decreasing the stigmatization of mental illness and mental health problems. This thesis conducts a literature analysis of the novel Normal People (Rooney, 2018) and the memoir Reasons to Stay Alive (Haig, ... -
Reading for Empathy: How Grace and Dignity in Small Great Things and Disgrace Foster All-round Development. The development of ethical awareness and compassion through reading literature
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-15)This thesis examines the presence of grace and dignity in literature to explore the benefits of reading literature to develop empathy and compassion towards others. Literature provides insight into new perspectives, ideas, and cultures. This thesis examines methods to engage with literature to make it a constructive tool for acquiring ethical awareness based on the philosophy of Levinas. Based on a ... -
Remake it, Remix it, and Queer it Up
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-16)This thesis analyzes fanfiction and the community surrounding fan made media as a source of comfort for queer youth. A large majority of those who read and write fanfiction are queer and include their own relationships with queerness in their writing. The people writing fanfiction spend their own time and energy to share stories about their favorite characters for free, giving anyone access ... -
Jonathan, Mina and the Holiest Love: Intimations of a Virtuous Queerness in Dracula (1897)
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-15)The first few chapters of Bram Stoker’s Gothic thriller Dracula (1897) conform closely to the classic Gothic narrative of imperiled heroine and menacing Gothic villain, except that the role of young, imprisoned ingénue goes to the male Jonathan Harker. The subversion of genre-based gender expectations introduced by the dissonance between the character and his role introduces a theme of transgressive ... -
The Acquisition of Aspect in L2 English by Greek speakers: A Feature Reassembly Approach
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-14)Abstract Aims and objectives: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate factors influencing the acquisition of aspect, the internal temporal conceptualization of events in predicates, in second language acquisition. The main objective is to examine which and to what extent the following linguistic components influence the Feature Reassembly Hypothesis; the learners’ age thus their linguistic ... -
Bei and Bei Passives
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-14)The thesis is a generative study of the categorial status of bei in Standard Chinese and the derivation of its related passive structures. It first covers the fundamentals of Chinese grammar and provides an overview of previous research on bei and bei passives. This enables the reader to develop a preliminary understanding of this passive structure and empowers them to form their own judgments. By ... -
Samisk i kjernen av norskfaget – dekolonisering gjennom solidarisk lytting
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024)I den siste læreplanrevisjonen i det norske læreplanverket som kom i 2020, har samiske tema og perspektiv fått en sentral plass. Gjennom opplæringa skal alle elever få innsikt i samenes historie, språk, kultur, samfunnsliv og rettigheter. Denne vektlegginga har også betydning for norskfaget, og i beskrivelsen av fagets relevans og sentrale verdier står det at faget “skal gi elevene innsikt i den ... -
The effect of perception training on production and perception of English back vowels by German learners
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-30)The present study investigates whether perception training with feedback can improve the production and perception of German native speakers, when they speak English. An online experiment with three training rounds was created, which all participants had to complete. Perception and production performance were tested before and after the training. The quantitative analysis showed no significant ... -
En studie av gákti. En undersøkelse å se, sy, bære, og tolke gákti i duodji og dáidda
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-15)Gákti er en sentral rolle i samisk identitet og tilhørighet. Med røtter dypt forankret i samisk kultur og historie formidler gákti samisk stolthet og tradisjon gjennom generasjoner. I tillegg til sin betydning som klesplagg har gákti også funnet veien inn i samtidskunsten, hvor kunstnere som Gjert Rognli og Outi Pieski utforsker gákti sin rolle som et utrykk på identitet og kulturell arv. Tematisk ... -
La masculinidad y sus fronteras en el Perú. Análisis de una trilogía documental de Mikael Wiström.
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-28)Este trabajo discute los límites de las masculinidades en la trilogía de documentales sobre el Perú realizados por el director de cine sueco Mikael Wiström entre 1990 y 2010: La otra orilla (1992), Compadre (2004) y Familia (2010). En ellos Wiström sigue la vida de una familia de migrantes andinos en Lima en diferentes periodos de su vida para mostrar los conflictos sociales y personales de sus ... -
Exploring Code Switching as a Strategy for Euphemism: A study of Bilingual Undergraduate of Pashto and English in Degree college Wari, Dir Upper
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)This research explores the motivations behind code-switching behavior, particularly focusing on its occurrence within the context of group discussions among English undergraduate students. Twenty participants, consisting of seven females and thirteen males, were observed during group discussions and subsequently interviewed individually to elucidate the reasons underlying their code-switching ... -
Leveling up L2 English
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-06-04)Denne undersøkelsen utforsker effekten av digitale spill på tilegnelse av vokabular i engelsk som andrespråk (L2) blant norske spiller, og potensialet spill kan ha i språklæring. Studien starter med en gjennomgang av tidligere forskning som har undersøkt engelsk L2-tilegnelse gjennom digitale spill. Denne studien analyserer spørreundersøkelsen utført blant norske spillere for å vurdere hvordan de ... -
La esfinge maragata: Novela criticada y elogiada
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-15)A finales del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX se vivieron momentos de grandes cambios en España. Cambios que se notaban en prácticamente todos los sectores de la sociedad. Para las mujeres estos cambios representaban en gran medida la posibilidad de poder participar activamente en los ambientes que hasta entonces habían sido reservados para los hombres. Las mujeres literatas tuvieron que luchar ...
