Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Weston, Daniel"
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A Study of Code-Switching in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things
Jonkers, Leonie (Master thesis, 2017)This thesis explores the alternations between English and Malayalam, or the code-switching in Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things. The foundation used for studying codeswitching in literature is Meir Sternberg’s ... -
A(nother) day in the life of a purist. Anglicisms in the speech of Norwegian university students.
Weston, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Akan-English Codeswitching on Ghanaian TV Talk Shows: The Case of ‘THE DELAY SHOW’
Nyavor, Rita Yayra (Master thesis, 2017)Contact between English and Ghanaian languages due to Ghana’s anglophone colonial heritage has resulted in the manifestation of several language contact phenomena. The contact phenomenon of codeswitching (CS) is addressed ... -
Engelsk kommer jo alle til å snakke uansett in the end - Norwegian-English code-switching
Bergstøl, Camilla (Master thesis, 2017)This thesis examines Norwegian-English code-switching in three age groups in Norway. Seven participants were divided into three age groups of 18 year-olds, 30 year-olds and 40-50 year-olds to detect what characterizes their ... -
Ewe-English Code-switching on Ghanaian Radio Talk Shows - The Case of Politicians and Traditional Rulers
Ahlijah, Judith Candace (Master thesis, 2017)One major outcome of language contact which is prevalent in Ghana is the phenomenon of code-switching (CS). This phenomenon permeates many domains of interaction in Ghana, including the domain of radio broadcasting. Though ... -
Game of Thrones : a game of accents? : a sociolinguistic study of the representation of accents in HBO's television series
Lien, Yngvild Audestad (Master thesis, 2016)This thesis examines accent representation in the first season of HBO`s television series Game of Thrones. The study intends to contribute to the relatively small sociolinguistic field of how accents are used and represented ... -
Language ideology and the native speaker ideal : Canadian and Norwegian attitudes toward ESL/EFL pedagogical models
Dykeman, Rachel Elizabeth (Master thesis, 2016)Previous sociolinguistic studies done in Norway have explored attitudes toward native speaker and Norwegian accented varieties of English. This study adds a new angle by comparing the attitudes of first language speakers ... -
Representations of femininity in women’s magazines : a comparative study of representations of femininity in the women's magazine Cosmopolitan
Hole, Miriam (Master thesis, 2016)This study was designed to examine the representation of femininity in two issues of the women’s magazine Cosmopolitan published 21 years apart. The framework for this analysis is Critical Discourse Analysis, which focuses ... -
The Roles of Code-Switching and Laughter in the Use of English as a Lingua Franca
Veiteberg Eide, Gunvor Johanne (Master thesis, 2017)The number of people who speak English as a lingua franca (ELF) in personal and professional settings has grown steadily in accordance with progress in communication and increase in international cooperation. Consequently, ... -
"Vet du, det tar jeg helt på feelingen" - A Sociolinguistic Study of Norwegian-English Code-Switching on a Norwegian Blog
Veaas, Julie Kristine (Master thesis, 2017)This thesis investigates Norwegian-English written online code-switching on the blog written by Norwegian blogger Caroline Berg Eriksen. It is divided into two focus areas, where one is to explore what kind of code-switching ...