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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 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 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 relationship between fathers and daughters in Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and The Tempest
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-05-11)The aim of the proposed thesis will be to examine the complex and provocative relationship between fathers and daughters in Shakespeare’s plays The Tempest, King Lear, Hamlet and Othello. The plays take up the stories at ... -
The Representation of Male Sexuality in Popular Culture
(Master thesis, 2023)The aim of this thesis is to explore the representation of male sexuality in popular culture and how it has changed from early twentieth century to contemporary time. In order to do this, I intend to do a comparative ... -
The Resilience Of Bartleby: Explaining The Purpose Of An Analogical Interpretation
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)This thesis aims to discuss how Bartleby, the character from Herman Melville’s 1853 short story Bartleby the Scrivener, A story of Wall Street, has managed to still haunt today’s society and political issues, by being ... -
The roles of motivation and English as a lingua franca in learning Norwegian as a second language
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-05-14)The aim of the present thesis was to investigate the roles of motivation and ELF in the development of the Norwegian language among NOMSA students. NOMSA is a one-year Norwegian language learning program at the University ... -
The Scale of Borrowability and the Scale of Necessity of English Loanwords in the Mongolian Language: A Study on the Usage of English Loanwords in the Mongolian Popular Podcast Ideree’s Podcast
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis is a quantitative study on the scale of borrowability and the scale of necessity of English loanwords in 10 episodes of the Mongolian podcast Ideree’s Podcast. The main inspiration behind the study is the ... -
The search for Human Godhood: Challenging Traditional Religious Hierarchies with Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)The depiction of religion in Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials [HDM] is a central issue for Pullman scholars, particularly the unique depiction of religious hierarchies in the text. This thesis enters this debate ... -
The Secret Garden: An Exploration of Psychology Through Fairy Tale and Gothic Narrative Devices
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)This thesis examines how The Secret Garden explores the psychology of the central characters Mary Lennox, Colin Craven and Mr. Craven through fairy tale and gothic narrative devices. Fairy tales and gothic tales share many ... -
The Songs that a Crow Would Sing
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)This thesis will attempt to pursue a further understanding of what can only be described as the unsignifiable, unsayable, ineffable, or indescribable which can be seen to stand in opposition to language and understanding. ... -
"The Technological Genie": Historien om teknologi og musikk sett gjennom et britisk musikkmagasin på 1980-tallet
(Master thesis, 2022)På 1980-tallet sørget teknologiske utviklinger, særlig innenfor det digitale feltet, for nye muligheter for musikere. Den nye teknologien introduserte en stor mengde nye instrumenter og annet musikkutstyr som formet musikken ... -
The Unnatural woman: Femme fatales in Victorian Gothic
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)This thesis is a comparative character study and close reading of Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret (1862) and Bram Stroker’s Dracula (1897), which explores how the female mind and body is problematized as a ... -
The Use of Google Docs in English writing Lessons at a Norwegian primary school
(Master thesis, 2022)This study aimed at exploring the use of Google Docs in English writing lessons in a Norwegian primary school. Thirty-four pupils of Grade 5 and their English teacher participated in the research. Three questions were ... -
The use of video in English language teaching: A case study in a Norwegian lower secondary school
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-05-16)This thesis aimed at exploring the use of video in English language teaching (ELT) in a Norwegian lower secondary school (grades 8 to 10). Videos in the thesis were represented by, for example, feature films, YouTube clips, ... -
The use of “tentative language" in female and male speech in an American television-series.
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Denne oppgaven har utforsket bruken av et såkalt "forsiktig språk" blant kvinner og menn. Den har også gitt en forskning innen bruken og funksjonen av noen språklige trekk i en amerikansk tv- serie. Oppgaven har også forsøkt ... -
The Yellow Wallpaper: A Woman’s journey into an evolved identity
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Denne artikkelen tar sikte på å utforske hvordan Gilmans litterære verk The Yellow Wallpaper, eller mer spesifikt hvordan Fortelleren i The Yellow Wallpaper videreformidler et budskap som overskrider Gilmans originale ... -
Themes of Alienation in Frankenstein and Home Fire
(Master thesis, 2021)