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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 However, considerable examples in YA migration narrative demonstrate how Orientalism and othering are outdated and archaic mechanisms of identification, although they still intervene with ...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 ... -
The Kids Want Noise - How Sonic Mediations Change the Aesthetics of Music
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-09-13)This dissertation seeks to discuss how new tools for mediating sounds have developed and changed our aesthetic evaluation and framing of musical sounds. The possibility to create and reproduce sounds has had a great impact on the aesthetic development of music and is a topic that can be approached from many angles. This dissertation focuses on three different technological tools that have been ... -
Navigating between freedom of navigation and coastal State jurisdiction: An analysis of Russia’s participation in the negotiation of the IMO’s mandatory Polar Code, 2009-2015, from a deliberative theory framework
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-09-26)As a response to the increase in human activity reliant on navigation in polar areas and concomitant challenges and risks, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) developed mandatory regulations in the form of the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code). The Polar Code aims to enhance ship safety and environmental protection in Arctic and Antarctic waters. In so ... -
Variability of Acoustically Evidenced Methane Bubble Emissions Offshore Western Svalbard
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-22)Large reservoirs of methane present in Arctic marine sediments are susceptible to rapid warming, promoting increasing methane emissions. Gas bubbles in the water column can be detected, and flow rates can be quantified using hydroacoustic survey methods, making it possible to monitor spatiotemporal variability. We present methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) bubble flow rates derived from hydroacoustic data ... -
Studenters læringsutbytte i barnehagelærerutdanningen – en problematisering av erfaringslæringens plass
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-24)Artikkelen retter fokus mot begrepet erfaringslæring, for å undersøke studenters læringsutbytte i spenningsfeltet mellom teoretisk undervisning og praksis. Utdrag fra fokusgruppesamtaler, valgt ut gjennom tematisk analyse, danner utgangspunkt for å diskutere hvordan ulike innganger til begrepet erfaringslæring kan skape mulighetsrom i møter med studenter som har rik praksiserfaring fra barnehagefeltet. ... -
Investor Responsibility for Human Rights. Does an institutional financial investor have an obligation according to international law to provide remedy to the victim of a human rights violation caused by a business it has invested in?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-12-15)The thesis address the following question: Does an institutional financial investor have an obligation according to international law to provide remedy to a victim of a human rights violation caused by a business it has invested in? -
Men in communal roles. The influence of gender incongruent role models on gender stereotypes and occupational aspirations of kindergarten children in Northern Norway
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-05-02)Research in the past has looked extensively at gender segregation in the workforce, where men and women are “divided” into bigger domains of work based on traditional gender roles attributed to them (Watt, 2008; Tellhed, Bäckström & Björklund, 2016). These two domains are STEM: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (Beede et al., 2011) and HEED: healthcare, elementary education, and ... -
A study of the incidence and mortality hazard rate of myocardial infarction in Tromsø
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-31)This thesis uses data from the Tromsø Study and weather data from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute to study the mortality hazard rate and incidence rate of myocardial infarction (MI) in Tromsø using a latent Gaussian modelling framework. Inference is performed using integrated nested Laplace approximations (INLA). This thesis presents the datasets and describes the modelling and computational ... -
Generating polytopes from Coxeter groups
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-31)The main goal of this thesis is to study finite reflection groups (Coxeter groups) W and to use these to generate polytopes in two and three dimensions. Such polytopes will be generated as the convex hull of the W-orbit through an initial point. We prove an efficient recipe for finding the stabilizer of an initial point, and examine several examples of such polytopes and illustrate how many vertices, ... -
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. -
The Norwegian Snow Crab Industry. A case study of opportunities and threats in the Norwegian snow crab industry
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-15)The Norwegian seafood industry is constantly growing and expanding. The snow crab entering the Barents Sea was an opportunity to create a new, profitable industry with a product well established on the world market. Norwegian vessels entered the loophole and were joined by foreign vessels to catch snow crab. January 2017, Russia claimed sovereignty over the area and closed it for all foreign ... -
Bayesian analysis of the occurrence of myocardial infarction in the LGM framework
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-21)The goal of this thesis is analyse the incidence rate of the first ever myocardial infarction (MI) and the survival time after the MI. The data used for this purpose is from the Troms\o{} study surveys collected in the period from 1974 to 2008. This thesis provides a general introduction to latent Gaussian models and the methodology of integrated nested Laplace approximation. Specifically, the data ... -
Kvalitet av ensilasje og ensilasjeprodukter fra restråstoff etter sløying av torsk og laks
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-11-30)Nesten halvparten (314 000 tonn) av restråstoff i norsk fiskeri- og havbruksnæring ble i 2016 konservert med ensilering. Dette er en enkel, veletablert og lønnsom teknologi. Fra ensilasjen kan det utvinnes proteinhydrolysat og olje som kan brukes i fôr til gris, kylling og oppdrettsfisk. Slik utnyttelse av restråstoff bidrar til matproduksjon og er et viktig eksempel på sirkulær bioøkonomi. Forskning ... -
Ut på tur, aldri sur(r)! - Når turopplevelser blir en del av å beskrive grafer
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-29)Denne masteroppgaven er et multiple case-studie av elever fra to 10.klasser. Formålet med studien er å undersøke om elevene uttrykker autonomi i undervisningstimene der de arbeider med et undersøkende undervisningsopplegg. Bakgrunnen for valg av problemstilling er det nye læreplanverket som trer i kraft i 2020, der tilrettelegging for dybdelæring står i fokus. Oppgaven presenterer både matematisk ... -
Elevers forståelse av lineære likninger. En kvalitativ studie av elevers arbeid med én tradisjonell og én utforskende oppgave i matematikk
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-29)Hensikten med denne studien er å få bedre forståelse av hvilke aspekter ved lineære likninger elever med høy måloppnåelse finner utfordrende. For å svare på dette vil oppgaven ha fokus på hvordan elever arbeider med en tradisjonell og en utforskende oppgave i matematikk. Undersøkelsen har et kvalitativt forskningsdesign og tar utgangspunkt i et kognitivt psykologisk kunnskapssyn. Datainnsamlingen ... -
A novel risk classification system for preconception health and sero-epidemiological map of Toxoplasma, Rubella and Cytomegalovirus infections among couples planning a pregnancy in rural China: A nationwide study
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-08-30)<i>Objectives</i> - The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness and impact of preconception health screening strategy and a novel risk classification system of China`s “National Preconception Health Care Project (NPHCP)” in identifying risk factors and stratifying couples’ preconception care (PCC), and to establish a sero-epidemiological map of TORC infections in the ...
