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The level of old norse influence on the development of middle english
2014
Masteroppgave engelsk- Universitetet i Agder, 2014
Liminal characters in the science fiction of Philip K. Dick
2011
Masteroppgave i engelsk- Universitetet i Agder 2011
Bilingual speech comprehension in context : Predictive sentence processing in second language listening
2021
Master´s thesis in English (EN500) The project aims to extend our understanding of the relationship between language profile, proficiency and speech comprehension in English by investigating three-sentence contexts of mixed word order, low-constraint sentence and high-constraint sentence. Our concern in this study is whether context effects will behave differently in the first language (L1) than in the second language (L2). Norwegian natives with English as a second language (Norwegian-English bilinguals) performed in a word monitoring experiment which consisted of a within-language variable (mixed word order versus low-constraint versus high-constraint sentence conditions) with a between -…
Bilingual Spoken Word Comprehension: Effects of Sentence Context : A comparison of Norwegian-English bilinguals’ speech recognition in Norwegian and …
2021
Master´s thesis in English (EN500) This master thesis is part of a bigger master project aiming to expand our understanding of speech processing. In three sub-projects –speech production, speech comprehension, and word finding –six master students investigated the relationship between an individual’s language background and proficiency and their use of English as a second language. This thesis covers the comprehension part of the study, which investigated Norwegian-English bilinguals’ ability to use sentence contextual information when processing spoken language both in their native Norwegian and in English as a second language, and whether this ability was modulated by aspects of participa…
Tip-of-the-Tongue (TOT) States in Norwegian-English Bilinguals : Effects of Word Frequency, Cognate Status, Noun Type, and Bilingual Profiles
2021
Master´s thesis in English (EN500) This study investigates the effects of language, word frequency, cognate status, noun type, and different bilingual profiles on tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) states in Norwegian-English bilinguals. Furthermore, the study aimed to establish whether the weaker links hypothesis or the competition hypothesis could better account for the TOT phenomenon. TOTs were induced by using a word-finding experiment in which the participants were asked to read a definition and then report whether they knew the target word. According to the results, the participants knew more words in Norwegian and reported more TOTs in English. Frequency effects revealed that the participants k…
Effects of cognate status, noun type, frequency, and bilingual profile on the tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) phenomenon in Norwegian-English bilinguals
2021
Master´s thesis in English (EN500) This experimental thesis aimed to investigate the effects of cognate status, frequency, and noun type on the tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) phenomenon in Norwegian-English bilinguals, and how their performance in these conditions relates to individual differences in their bilingual profile such as second language(L2)English proficiency. A bilingual profile was created for each participant based on their answers on an amended version of the Language Experience and Proficiency Questionnaire (Marian, Blumenfeld & Kaushauskaya, 2007). The experimental part of this study included a TOT experiment in two parts: one English and one Norwegian. For both experiments, stimu…
Dyslexia in bilingualism : A case study of an English-Norwegian bilingual child with developmental dyslexia
2021
Master´s thesis in English (EN500) This study investigates the interactions between dyslexia and bilingualism, and aims to observe how dyslexia presents itself in a bilingual individual. The importance of language similarity, orthographic transparency and cognate effect is investigated through a set experiments and analysis of dyslexia assessment results. Data for this study is collected by means of qualitative(questionnaire and dyslexia assessment)and quantitative (RAN and word spotting tasks)methods based on a case study of an English-Norwegian bilingual with developmental dyslexia.
Comparison of ideal solar cell concepts using infield data
2018
Master's thesis Renewable Energy ENE500 - University of Agder 2018 The work done in this thesis has been focused on the comparison of the power production in the ideal single junction cell, intermediate band solar cell, the unconstrained tandem cell, and the area de-coupled 2-terminal constrained tandem cell, using di erent band gaps. The efficiency and production for each of the concepts have been calculated based mathematical framework previously established, using temperature and irradiation data collected from Kjøita in Kristiansand, using MatLab. The monthly and annual power production for each of the concepts has been calculated and compared. It has been found that the intermediate ba…
Smart Electric Vehicle Charging System : Controlling Multiple Electrical Vehicle Chargers using OCPP to Limit Electricity Demand
2017
Master's thesis Renewable Energy ENE500 - University of Agder 2017 Peak demand is a problem when Electrical Vehicle charging is introduced in the electricity grid. Local limitations like fuses and transformer capacity can rapidly be overloaded if multiple Electrical Vehicles are charging at the same time. This can be solved by shifting these loads in time. This master’s Thesis presents a solution by using the communication protocol OCPP to restrict one or more chargers below a set demand limit. The solution is developed in cooperation with Sharebox [1] and Grønn Kontakt [2], and is in prototype phase at the end of this Master’s Thesis. Testing demonstrates that the prototype can reduce the …
Optimization of Charging Stations on a Route with Electric Buses
2019
Master's thesis Renewable Energy ENE500 - University of Agder 2019 This studyconsiders placement of electric charging stations for a public electric bus system with the intention of minimizing the charging power. This is an optimization problem where fully electric buses with opportunity charging strategy are considered.The developed strategies are proposed for an existing bus route in Oslo city, Norway. Batteryand chargingspecifications were determinedbased on a literature review. Measurements regarding velocity of the bus and altitude of the route were performed. This data where further used to determine the energy needsfor an electric bus. Four cases were formedregarding different batter…