Search results for "N500"
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Can the language of mentally challenged individuals give us an insight into typical language development? : Evidence from Williams Syndrome
2017
Master's thesis English EN500 - University of Agder 2017
The Shadow in the Mirror : The Politics and Psychology of the Internalised Double in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club and Jess Walter’s The Zero
2019
Master's thesis English EN500 - University of Agder 2019
Accent proficiency in second language English : relationships with general language proficiency and bilingual profile
2018
Master's thesis English EN500 - University of Agder 2018
Digital gaming and other out-of-school L2 activities:A mixed-method study of the relationship between extracurricular English language practices and …
2020
Master´s thesis in English (EN500) The present mixed-method study investigated the influence of digital gaming and other extracurricular English (EE) language practices on the English vocabulary and grammar skills of a group of Norwegian ninth graders. The participants (n = 16, ten girls and six boys) were aged 14–15. Quantitative data were gathered through language diaries, a productive vocabulary test,and a grammaticality judgment test, whereas qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews with seven of the participants. Previous research has found out-of-school English language practices, and digital gaming in particular, to positively correlate with English proficie…
“More Human Than Humans” : How Video Games Play an Important Part in Socio-Critical Discussions : Comparing and Contrasting the Notion of Humanity an…
2019
Master's thesis English EN500 - University of Agder 2019
The influence of English on Norwegian morphology: aspects of a contemporary development
2006
Masteroppgave i engelsk, Høkskolen i Agder, Kristiansand Three tentative hypotheses are suggested and tested in this thesis:1. That compounds, clips words and the genitive case are areas of Norwegian morphology which in fact are realms of uncertainty for users of the Norwegian language 2. That the uncertainty is not solely a result of English influence 3. That the uncertainty to some extent is due to insufficient knowledge of Norwegian orthography and morphology among Norwegians. With a view to investigating current attitudes within an academic setting to English influence on Norwegian morphology, a synchronic survey was carried out at Agder University College in Kristiansand. During the au…
A survey of the outside language pressure on modern faroese: with a view to assessing a possible increase in the use of English loanwords
2006
Masteroppgave i engelsk, Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand The focus of this work has been on the outside pressure on the Faroese language with an particular view to assessing a possible increase of new English Imports inot the language in view of the present-day technological and media situation. The theoretical part has been based on some of Milroy`s (2003) theories relevant for sociolinguistic research. A two-month research period provided interviews with 188 Informants. The Informants have been divided into four age groups: 1) young people aged 12 to 19, 2) working force, aged 24-50 with educational background in the home country, 3) working force, aged 24-50 with five years of university…
The emergence of christianity within the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria : an exploration into its earlist roots and an investigation in to the in…
2007
Masteroppgave i engelsk- Universitetet i Agder 2007 This thesis commences with a description of Pre-Roman and Roman Britain, to identify the people who lived in Northumbria and their background. The description then progresses with an explanation about the withdrawal of the Romans, and the state of affairs they left behind, giving also a reason for the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons. Once this is established, the scene which the Anglo-Saxons meet on their arrival is depicted, and their subsequent settlement recounted. The Anglo-Saxons were a warlike people, so their belligerent activities suppressing the Celts, and the campaigning between themselves and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms for supremacy, …
Root canals : identity in Zadie Smith`s White teeth
2007
Masteroppgave i engelsk - Universitetet i Agder 2007
The river potential and the river chronotope : reading rivers in Mark Twain`s the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Cormac McCharthy`s Suttree
2008
Masteroppgave i engelsk - Universitetet i Agder 2008