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From the devil to Stalin : change and continuity in children's literature in America : breaking Stalin's nose : a children's novel in context
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis will establish that books for children in the seventeenth and eighteenth century were clearly religious and moral. Besides teaching literacy, they taught lessons about the importance of Christianity and obedience ... -
From the Little Mermaid and the Snow Queen to Ariel and Elsa: The Development of the Disney Princess Through Adaptation
(Master thesis, 2018)Costume, color and music are common elements of the film adaptation process, as they contribute to the representation of the emotional depth of a character or narrative. This thesis is a study of how the figures of H. C. ... -
From the Origins of Government and Binding to the Current State of Minimalism
(Chapter, 2021)This chapter provides a review of the current Chomskyan approach to the study of human language, known as the Minimalist Program. It offers an overview of the central ideas that were central in shaping the program, in ... -
From Victoria to Villanelle: The Representation of Female Serial Killers and their Motivation to Kill in Dacres Zofloya (1806) and Waller-Bridges Killing Eve (2018-2022)
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Consuming fiction with serial killers is becoming more and more popular; violent crimes are being marketed as something to be watched, read, and listened to (Jarvis 3). It is discussed in some disciplines that violence ... -
Frykt og ensomhet i Stone Butch Blues
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Hvordan framstilles det mannlige og lesbiske fellesskapet i romanen, og hvordan formidler Feinberg følelsen av frykt og ensomhet gjennom en hovedperson som nekter å sette ord på dem? -
Functional connectivity in human auditory networks and the origins of variation in the transmission of musical systems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Music producers, whether original composers or performers, vary in their ability to acquire and faithfully transmit music. This form of variation may serve as a mechanism for the emergence of new traits in musical systems. ... -
Funksjonen av fri indirekte form i novella "Tusten" av Tarjei Vesaas: Ei undersøking av korleis hovudpersonen kjem til uttrykk gjennom bruk av fri indirekte form.
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Tarjei Vesaas skreiv fram personlegdommar som kan opplevast som tidlause og like relevante å undesøke i dagens samfunn som for 70 år sidan. I denne oppgåva blir det undersøkt korleis Tusten uttrykker seg i novella i fri ... -
Funksjoner av betydningshull - en relevansteoretisk og sammenlignende analyse av betydningshull i tekstmeldinger
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Hvorfor utelater vi informasjon fra tekstmeldinger? Hvorfor velger vi å ikke skrive fullstendige setninger i tekstmeldinger? Skriver vi ulikt til ulike mottakere? Dette er interessante spørsmål som har opptatt min ... -
Future Present Progressive in Brazilian Portuguese
(Master thesis, 2012)The use of the present progressive to express future is a grammatical construction imported into Portuguese from English. In this construction here called Future Present Progressive (FPP), the verbal predicate expresses ... -
Futurum i norske mellomspråkstekster. En korpusundersøkelse av engelske andrespråksinnlærere.
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Følge med og følge opp.Verbalspråklig lyttemarkering i synkrone nettsamtaler
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2007:131, Doctoral thesis, 2007) -
Galskap, anfektelse og melankoli hos Amalie Skram - En studie av galskapsmotivets utvikling fra novellen «Bønn og anfektelse» (1886) til asylromanene Professor Hieronimus og På St. Jørgen (1895)
(Master thesis, 2018)Denne oppgavens hensikt har vært å undersøke hvordan galskapsmotivet utvikler seg fra Amalie Skrams novelle «Bønn og anfektelse» fra 1886 til asylromanene Professor Hieronimus og På St. Jørgen fra 1895. Tekstene ble skrevet ... -
Game of Thrones : a game of accents? : a sociolinguistic study of the representation of accents in HBO's television series
(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 ... -
Gamma oscillations as a neural signature of shifting times in narrative language
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-13)Verbs and other temporal expressions allow speakers to specify the location of events in time, as well as to move back and forth in time, shifting in a narrative between past, present and future. The referential flexibility ... -
Gandhi´s independence fights
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)This thesis has studied how Gandhi´s independence fights from 1890 to his death, impacted India´s way to independence. During this time, India was under British rule by the empire. Other countries, which were controlled ... -
Gardening in Polluted Tropics: The Materiality of Waste and Toxicity in Olive Senior’s Caribbean Poetry
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Gender and declension mismatches in West Nordic
(Chapter, 2019)There has been a diachronic tendency to align gender and declension in West Nordic (Bjorvand 1972; Enger 2004), making it particularly interesting to consider “mismatches” that go against this general trend. This paper ... -
Gender Change in Norwegian Dialects: Comprehension is affected before Production
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This article investigates language variation and change in the grammatical gender system of Norwegian, where feminine gender agreement is in the process of disappearing in some Northern Norwegian dialects. Speakers of the ... -
Gender politics in Roald Dahl's The Witches
(Bachelor thesis, 2020)The purpose of the thesis is to compare aspects of the novel and the movie The Witches by Roald Dahl. More specifically, I am investigating the gender politics in both the movie and the movie, seeking to spot differences ... -
Gender Portrayals in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (1868) and George Cukor's Little Women (1933)
(Bachelor thesis, 2020)Denne bacheloren undersøker hvordan kjønnsroller er fremstilt i Louisa May Alcott's roman "Little Women" fra 1868, og George Cukor sin filmatisering av boken i 1933. Den diskuterer stereotypiske kjønnsroller sett i henhold ...