This case study is in part a critical evaluation of (and departure from) contemporary approaches to the subject of linguistic evolution that are largely modelled on biological analogues and theory, in part a problematisation ...

I moderne russisk historie finnes det to perioder der samfunnet har gjennomgått en fullstendig omveltning: Sovjetunionen etter den kommunistiske revolusjonen i 1917 og Russland etter Sovjetunionens fall i 1991. Ved begge ...

Based on their own writings imparted through diaries and letters, this thesis compares and analyzes three Norwegian immigrant women's experiences on the American frontier, and investigates how these women fit into the ...

Sammendrag. Utgangspunktet for oppgaven er at den spesielle situasjonen etter Sovjetunionens sammenbrudd f¸rte til en markant oppblomstring av triviallitteratur. Boris Akunin, pseudonym for Grigorij Èchartiðvili, er en ...

In my thesis I discuss formal aspects of two novels by Toni Morrison. In Song of Solomon I trace the development of the song and other musical metaphors. The proposition I make is that the gradual construction of the song ...

A number of facts spurred President Clinton to make a major confrontation with the American tobacco industry. Being in need of funding for his health care plan, Clinton proposed a tax on cigarettes, a move that immediately ...

Det russiske språket har i likhet med de fleste andre levende naturlige språk i verden gått gjennom store endringer de siste tusen årene. Den mest påfallende utviklingen i slavisk språkhistorie og i russisk spesielt, finner ...

This thesis deals with some of Allen Ginsberg's most important poems as expressions of his political thought. I have wanted to explore Ginsberg's political commitment as expressed in his poetry, since it is already well ...

Summary This study explores how the novel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, published in 1996, filmed by David Fincher in 1999, treats the themes of identity and religion in an American postmodern cultural context. Fight ...

Abstract: The main purpose of this thesis is to explore McCarthyism and its legitimacy.This paper will particularly look at the legitimacy of the HUAC investigations, of the loyalty-security programs, and of the FBI ...