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Ethics, Democracy and Education in Toni Morrison’s Beloved, J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace, and the New Reform of Education in Norway. An Approach to teaching these works in Norwegian upper secondary school
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-15)The following thesis investigates how two novels, Toni Morrison’s Beloved (1987) and J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace (1999), demonstrate ethical dilemmas and how they can be used to help students develop ethical awareness and educate democratic citizens with the ability to think critically. Furthermore, this thesis discusses and suggests ways and approaches to teaching these literary works in upper secondary ... -
Intercultural Competence and Postcolonialism in Nye’s Habibi and Gordimer’s “Loot”. Promoting democracy and citizenship through literature in the Norwegian EFL classroom
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-15)There is broad agreement that the current use of literature in the Norwegian EFL classroom is not realizing its full educational potential due to a lack of practical approaches and an over ambitious curriculum. Thus, literature has become a rare and limited occurrence where students are asked to read for content and linguistical features, rather than for personal enjoyment and growth. The purpose ... -
Skipsverftet i Tromsø. Møtet mellom kulturverdier, identitet og urbanisme
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-15)Den gamle og kjente Skipsverftstomta i Tromsø står for stor transformasjon anno 2019. Det er et sted som består av, og omringes av erkjente verdier i form av kulturminner. Dagens byutvikling styres i stor grad av private utviklere med et ideal om fortetning. Dette gjør forholdet mellom kulturminner og utvikling noe mer komplekst. Skal kulturminner og utvikling skilles ad for å sikre at både verdier ... -
Investigating the Beliefs on English Grammar Instruction among Norwegian Students and Teachers in High School. The beliefs of Norwegian L2 learners of English on grammar instruction, and the correlation between grammar knowledge and learner beliefs
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-15)The objectives of the present study were to gain insight into the beliefs of high-level English second language (ESL) students and teachers from a Norwegian high school on grammar instruction as well as to investigate if grammar knowledge had an influence on these beliefs. To do this, a questionnaire was designed to measure the participants’ preferred grammar instructional method out of the four ... -
Encounters between Native Americans and Whites in James Welch's Historical Novels Fools Crow and The Heartsong of Charging Elk
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-14)This thesis examines encounters between Native Americans and whites in James Welch’s historical novels Fools Crow and The Heartsong of Charging Elk. I wish to show that the encounters are forced and happen against the background of imperialism and colonialism, and occur between peoples of unequal powers. In the novels, traditional Native American culture is profoundly affected by the encroaching ... -
English Particles compared to Czech Adverbs and Prefixes
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-24)In this thesis, I compare English particles to Czech spatial adverbs and prefixes. I discuss three aspects of the particles, adverbs and prefixes – word order, aspect and readings. The properties of the English particles seem to be divided between the spatial adverbs and prefixes in Czech. There are structural similarities between the particles and the adverbs, but the adverbs cannot have other ... -
Explicit grammar instruction in the L2 classroom. Issues in teaching and learning English word order
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-15)In this thesis, I investigate the effect of explicit instruction on the acquisition of word order in declarative sentences with adverbs in the medial position and topicalised declaratives. Both constructions are shown to be problematic for Norwegian learners of English because of negative influence from Norwegian, which uses the V2 rule in the two structures. The study consists of a grammaticality ... -
Vowel Reduction in Catalan Varieties. Catalan typologies and property analysis
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-14)Observing vowel reduction, the literature presented five main Catalan varieties, divided in broad strokes between Eastern and Western. However, our proposal for Catalan and its varieties can be established in terms of Property Theory, when working from Optimality Theory. In this thesis we propose three main properties in order to classify vowel reduction in Catalan. These properties include three ... -
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 acquisition of word order in yes/no and wh-questions - A case study of an unbalanced bilingual.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-14)This thesis aims to explore the variation with which one bilingual child produces word order in English questions, and ask whether the child’s dominant language, Norwegian, affects this production. Using new data from a corpus where data collection is still ongoing, we present evidence that the child transfers the word order for questions in both standard Norwegian and the Tromsø dialect into her ... -
Narrating the Migration Experience. How can the use of young adult migrant narratives and authentic experience in the EFL classroom increase both knowledge and understanding regarding society, history and adolescent migrant identity?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-04-11)This thesis explores how Said’s idea of Orientalism; how the Self mirrors the Other and recognizes otherness, and how these terms and processes influence and interfere with the establishment of personal identity. However, considerable examples in YA migration narrative demonstrate how Orientalism and othering are outdated and archaic mechanisms of identification, although they still intervene with ... -
The Hunger Games. A Feminist Approach through Gender Performance
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-04-23)This thesis seeks to examine and analyse Suzanne Collins’s trilogy The Hunger Games from a feminist perspective. It will explore the portrayal of various characters in the series, with a special focus on the protagonist Katniss Everdeen. In essence, the analysis will revolve around gender performance, gender expectations and gender formation, and the way the author challenges the reader regarding ... -
Davvisámegiela molssaeakto- ja ohcanjearaldagaid semantihkka ja pragmatihkka. Laktapartihkkalat -go, -bat (ja eará hámit),-son ja -ges/-gis, ja partihkkalat dal ja gal molssaeakto- ja ohcanjearaldagain.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-29)Nordsamiske spørresetninger - Sematikk og pragmatikk. Bruken av samiske enklitiske partikler -go, -bat (og andre former), -son og -ges/-gis og partikler dal og gal i spørresetninger. -
Heritage language acquisition: What it reveals and why it is important for formal linguistic theories
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-30)This paper discusses the interplay between acquisition and theory construction. It endeavors to show how a more direct and crucially bi‐directional relationship between formal linguistic theory and the study of heritage language bilingualism can provide mutual benefit. It will be argued that data from acquisition—not exclusively but indeed especially from heritage language bilingualism—provide windows ... -
Compounds and culture: Conceptual blending in Norwegian and Russian
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-20)This study explores compounds from the perspective of conceptual blending (conceptual integration), and argues that the meaning of compounds arises through the interaction of three levels: (i) input spaces established for the head and non-head components, (ii) a blended space involving compression and emergent structure, i.e. elements not imported from the input spaces, and (iii) the language system ... -
«La bonanza que prometen en el mar las señales del cielo»: El agua como topografía del alma y conector de la memoria discursiva en Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019)Cervantes, en <i>Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda</i>, emplea dinámicamente memoria e <i>imaginatio</i> y moderniza el género, por medio del uso de la <i>imitatio compuesta</i>. El agua, que en el Persiles adopta, entre otras, la forma del ‘mar’, los ‘ríos’, pero también del ‘hielo’, <i>vincula</i> las diversas aventuras que se suceden, así como el fluir narrativo, memorístico e imaginario, ... -
Predicting outcomes in heritage grammars
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Dando crédito al Septentrión: Ricla y el naufragio de Pietro Querini en la isla de Røst
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019)Este artículo propone una interpretación de la ‘bárbara caritativa’ Ricla como personaje de inspiración tanto, o más, septentrional que ‘americana’. Esta interpretación se basa en una nueva lectura del relato del naufragio del gentilhombre veneciano, Pietro Querini, en la costa norte de Noruega en el año 1431-1432, un relato recogido en el segundo volumen de la muy difundida obra de Giovanni Battista ... -
Big data in Russian linguistics? Another look at paucal constructions
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-28)With the advent of large web-based corpora, Russian linguistics steps into the era of “big data”. But how useful are large datasets in our field? What are the advantages? Which problems arise? The present study seeks to shed light on these questions based on an investigation of the Russian paucal construction in the RuTenTen corpus, a web-based corpus with more than ten billion words. The focus is ... -
Examining libraries as public sphere institutions: Mapping questions, methods, theories, findings, and research gaps
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-18)It is common in the literature to see libraries characterized as public sphere institutions, but the exact processes by which libraries support and engage in the public sphere remain underexplored. Based on a systematic review of the research literature on libraries as public sphere institutions, this study maps the questions, methods, theories, and findings of those scholars and librarians who have ...
