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Attributive Adjective Ordering: A Comparison of Akan And English
(Master thesis, 2018)When multiple adjectival modifiers occur in the English Noun phrase, speakers of the language have an intuitive idea of how they are to be sequenced. Linguists such as Hetzron (1978), Dixon (1982), Scott (2002), Sproat and ... -
Foreigner Talk in Norway - A comparative study of speech modifications in L2-L2 English interaction
(Master thesis, 2018)Previous research has shown that native speakers adjust aspects of their speech and dialogue in response to a less proficient foreign speaker, in what is known as Foreigner Talk (FT). However, less is known about whether ... -
Forms and Functions of Code-Switching in Business English as a Lingua Franca
(Master thesis, 2018)The ever-increasing number of multilingual businesses relying on English as their communication language of choice has led researchers in the ELF domain for the past two decades to focus on BELF. Researchers claims that ... -
Google Translate: Friend or Foe? An exploration of the use and attitudes to the use of Google Translate among teachers and pupils in two Norwegian upper secondary schools
(Master thesis, 2018)In this qualitative study, I explore uses and attitudes to the use of Google Translate among teachers and pupils in two Norwegian upper secondary schools, and what potentials and problems they see connected to its use in ... -
"He is in (the) jail" - A comparative study of bare singular count nouns in British English and Scottish English
(Master thesis, 2018)In the DP hypothesis a problem arises because of bare singular count nouns; do they have a determiner or not? John went to school, Jill is at hospital. Their solution to this problem is the null determiner hypothesis, which ... -
Investigating potential L3 cognate facilitation effects on L2 - A study of Spanish-English cognates in L1 speakers of Norwegian
(Master thesis, 2018)This study investigates the potential cognate facilitation effect from a third language (L3) onto a second language (L2). More specifically, it investigates whether L3 Spanish participants have a cognate facilitation effect ... -
Lexical organization in bilinguals and L2 learners - A study of lexical access and cognate representation
(Master thesis, 2018)The current study investigates how bilinguals and second language learners’ mental lexicons are organized. Studying how learners access their mental lexicon provides information on how cognates (words with similar or ... -
Making Sense of Language Shift in 19th Century Scotland: Politics, Education and Migration
(Master thesis, 2018)This master`s thesis uses the 1872 Education (Scotland) Act as a focal point to discuss the role of direct political actions in language shift in Scotland. Scholars have not discussed the influence of political actions in ... -
Probing Privacy in Political Contexts: Secrecy, Identity, and Integrity in the Work of Michael Frayn
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:120, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Doktorgradsavhandlingen Probing Privacy in Political Contexts: Secrecy, Identity, and Integrity in the Work of Michael Frayn, undersøker hvordan utvalgte romaner og skuespill av den britiske forfatteren Michael Frayn (1933 ... -
Syntax doesn’t care - An exo-skeletal approach to passives
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The Critical Role of Language in Theory of Mind Development - Viewed through the Lens of Autism and Parallel Deficits across Other Atypical Populations
(Master thesis, 2018)Theory of mind (ToM) is a vitally important area for study not only within psycholinguistics but also across neuroscience and other diverse fields, because of its implications for the study of social cognition, and the ... -
The Roles of Code-Switching and Laughter in the Use of English as a Lingua Franca
(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, ... -
The TV-series Sherlock subtitled into Norwegian - The case of politeness
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis investigates the shifts in politeness that occur when the English dialogue in Sherlock (2010) is translated into Norwegian subtitles. Previous research has shown that because reductions and omissions are necessary ... -
"Vet du, det tar jeg helt på feelingen" - A Sociolinguistic Study of Norwegian-English Code-Switching on a Norwegian Blog
(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 ... -
What English VP Ellipsis Can Do, What Norwegian VP Ellipsis Can't, and Why - A Comparative Study of VP Ellipsis in English and Norwegian
(Master thesis, 2018)This quantitative study compares the anaphoric phenomenon Verb Phrase Ellipsis (VPE) in English and Norwegian. The main aim of the thesis is to investigate and compare licensing conditions on VPE in these two languages. ...