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From Gestuno Interpreting to International Sign Interpreting: Improved Accessibility?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In order to shape the future of our profession, I believe it is necessary for us to also take a critical look at both past and present practices. With that goal in mind, this commentary presents a case study of the sign ... -
Can humans simulate talking like other humans? Comparing simulated clients to real customers in service inquiries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)How authentic are inquiry calls made by simulated clients, or ‘mystery shoppers’, to service organizations, when compared to real callers? We analysed 48 simulated and 63 real inquiry calls to different veterinary practices ... -
Hvor mange genus er det i Trondheims-dialekten?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Trondheims-dialekten har tradisjonelt tre grammatiske kjønn: hankjønn, hunkjønn, og intetkjønn. Denne artikkelen presenterer resultater fra to eksperimenter som viser at hunkjønn står svakere i denne dialekten enn tidligere ... -
Vocabularies of social influence: Managing the moral accountability of influencing another
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)While there are many definitions and conceptual accounts of ‘persuasion’ and other forms of social influence, social scientists lack empirical insight into how and when people actually use terms like ‘persuade’, ‘convince’, ... -
Overcoming Suicidal Persons’ Resistance Using Productive Communicative Challenges during Police Crisis Negotiations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper reveals how negotiators, from the police and emergency call centres, overcome resistance towards the negotiation from suicidal persons in crisis. Communication guidance to hostage and crisis negotiators recommends ... -
The Expression "roulé ma bosse" in Joseph Conrad's "Lord Jim"
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Hamsuns litterære geografi
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article examines the works of Knut Hamsun from a geographical perspective by using GIStechnology and digital methods. -
More mental rotation time does not imply more mental effort: Pupillary diameters do not change with angular distance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The ability to mentally rotate objects in space is a fundamental cognitive capacity. Previous studies showed that the time to rotate the image of a figure to match another increases progressively with angular disparity. ... -
Kripkeans of the world, unite!
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper revisits a study by Machery et al. (2004), suggesting that, in experimental versions of Kripke’s (1980) fictional cases on the use of proper names, Westerners are more likely than East Asian participants to show ... -
Theory development requires an epistemological sea change
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Theory before the test: How to build high-verisimilitude explanatory theories in psychological science
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Drawing on the philosophy of psychological explanation, we suggest that psychological science, by focusing on effects, may lose sight of its primary explananda: psychological capacities. We revisit Marr’s levels-of-analysis ... -
Should police negotiators ask to ‘talk’ or ‘speak’ to persons in crisis? Word selection and overcoming resistance to dialogue proposals
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article explores whether and how word selection makes some proposals easier to resist than others. Fourteen cases (31 hours) of UK-based police crisis negotiation were analyzed exploring (a) how negotiators use the ... -
Det bør hete St. Olav's University Hospital på engelsk
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“Keep the balance”: The Politics of Remembering Empire in Post-Colonial Britain
(Journal article, 2019)This article uses a memory studies lens to explore the inherent tension in discourses that defend empire in postcolonial Britain. It argues that many Britons try to reconcile their awareness of colonial violence, racism, ... -
When delayed responses are productive: Being persuaded following resistance in conversation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Conversation analysts have long since demonstrated that, in responding to an initiating action (e.g., question), recipients have at least two ways to respond; response options (e.g., answer, non-answer) are not equivalent, ... -
Shakespeare's Heroines in American Musical Theater - Migration and Happiness
(Master thesis, 2019)Sammendrag: Denne oppgavens hovedfokus er adaptasjon og migrasjon av litterære fortellinger. Gjennom å se adaptasjon som en slags migrasjon, viser oppgaven at en tekst sjelden blir overført i sin helhet, men at utvalgte ... -
Stranden hos Elena Ferrante
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article makes a topocritical reading of the Mediterranean beach in four works by the Italian contemporary novelist Elena Ferrante: L’amore molesto (1992), La figlia oscura (2006), La spiaggia di notte (2007) and L’amica ... -
Variation in adjunct islands: The case of Norwegian
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Finite adjunct clauses are often assumed to be among the strongest islands for filler–gap dependency creation cross-linguistically, but Kush, Lohndal & Sprouse (2019) found experimental evidence suggesting that finite ... -
'Making a ‘New Conservatism’: The Tory Reform Committee and Design for Freedom, 1942–1949'
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article offers the first analytical overview of the political thinking and organisational history of the Tory Reform Committee (TRC). It is also a contribution to wider scholarly debates about the making of a ‘New ... -
‘Real Toryism’ or Christian democracy? The political thought of Douglas Jerrold and Charles Petrie at the New English Review, 1945–50
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article uses the periodical press, memoirs and archival sources to examine the Conservative thought of Douglas Jerrold and Charles Petrie at the New English Review between 1945 and 1950. It seeks to argue that while ...
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