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The Impact of Social Media on VG1 Pupils’ English use in Second Language Learner Texts.
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Our writing practices have changed significantly since the end of the twentieth century, due to the increasing use of text messages, e-mails, and different social media platforms. In the past couple of years, due to the ... -
The Integration of a New Ideology and Its Fragile Dependency on Memories in The Handmaid's Tale
(Master thesis, 2023)In this thesis I will explore how ideology has been implemented in The Republic of Gilead as they are amid a forced ideological shift, turning away from an ideology much like our own, and building a new society grounded ... -
The Intelligent Monster: An Analysis of the Creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
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The localization of proper nouns in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) as presented in Harry Potter og de Vises Stein translated by Torstein Bugge Høverstad (2001)
(Bachelor thesis, 2024)This thesis conducts a comparative analysis of proper noun localization in the Norwegian translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by Joanne K. Rowling (1997, translated 2001), focusing on the decisions made ... -
The mediating role of a teacher’s use of semiotic resources in pupils’ early algebraic reasoning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-09)This paper focuses on the semiotic resources used by an experienced sixth-grade teacher when her pupils are working on a mathematical task involving written text and the two inscriptions of figure and diagram. ... -
The Miseducation of the Missionary Narrative: An Investigation of Discursive Ideology in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea and Zadie Smith's White Teeth
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05)In a post-colonial world, the focus on colonial issues might seem like kicking in open doors; however, on an ideological level, narratives from the imperial era still lives on. Thus, this thesis focuses on an ideological ... -
The Move onto the Big Screen: Discussion between Novel and Film and the Evangelical Potentials in Taiwan (R.O.C.)
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05-11)The following thesis uses the 2005 film: The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as main text in the Case Study section to analyse the process of adaptation with measurements mainly provided by scholar ... -
The Multilingual Student
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The Narrative Performers: An Examination of Medieval Musicians' Effect on Their Audiences and The Narrative
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, the field of oral tradition developed by Milman Parry, Albert Lord and later expanded by John Miles Foley will inform our perspective of the medieval texts “Cædmon’s Hymn” by Bede and Sir Orfeo in order to ... -
The Narratives We Live by: Investigating the functions of narratives in Rachel Cusk’s Outline and Deborah Levy’s The Cost of Living
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis will investigate how narratives work in our perception of reality, ourselves and society through a close reading of the novels Outline by Rachel Cusk and The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy. I will argue that ... -
The Norse way of Traveling Across country, at Sea, and in Imagined spaces, in the late Iron Age and Viking Age.
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne oppgaven ser på hvilke reisemåter det norrøne folket har brukt, på land, til havs, og i imaginære rom. Ved bruk av Islendinge sagaene, objekter, forskning av rekonstruksjon og reenactment av verktøy, redskaper og ... -
The notion of phonology in dyslexia research : cognitivism - and beyond
(Journal article, 2007)Phonology has been a central concept in the scientific study of dyslexia over the past decades. Despite its central position, however, it is a concept with no precise definition or status. The present article investigates ... -
The Online LexiCOIN: Exploring the formation and use of English slang blends
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis aims to explore the manner in which English slang lexical blends are formed and used in computer-mediated communication. The focus is particularly on how blends are used on the social media platforms, Facebook, ... -
‘The other’ crossing: Discursive representations of the management and dynamics of the Southern Border of Spain
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IGIS/2013;, Master thesis, 2013)Spain has undergone important transformations in its migratory patterns. In the last decades the country began to observe a decrease in the net of emigration and an enlargement of the immigration influx. Although the ... -
The position and use of literature in Norwegian upper secondary school and the transition to university
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-05-16)This thesis is a qualitative study exploring the perceptions of the position and use of literature in the English subject in Norwegian upper secondary school, and the transition to university. -
The Potential and Restriction of understanding Holocaust Perpetrators in "Holocaust and Human Behaviour" by the FHAO
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05-19)This thesis is a descriptive study on educational resources produced and presented by the NGO, Facing History and Ourselves in the collection/book Holocaust and Human Behaviour [2016]. Using semiotic analytical tools, the ... -
The preschool child of today — The world-citizen of tomorrow?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Ideas of sustainable development, globalization and global citizenship raise questions about justice, rights, responsibility and caring for human beings and the world. Interest in the role of education for sustainable ... -
The prevalence of prescriptivism and pedantry: A mixed method study of descriptive and prescriptive attitudes’ predominance in two British newspapers
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05)This thesis is a quantitative and qualitative study of the prevalence of descriptive and prescriptive attitudes in the Guardian and the Telegraph articles about linguistics between 2000 and 2019. The main inspiration ... -
The Promise of Kiruna's Iron Ore in the Swedish Imagination, c. 1901-1915
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Iron ore mining in the Norrbotten region of Sweden began in the early years of the twentieth century as a commercially uncertain and even dangerous proposition. But even before it began to generate profits, public debate ...