Abstract The Old English noun phrase displays more variation in word order than its Present-day English equivalent. This study aims to investigate the internal word order of Old English noun phrases, with a view to identify ...

Children’s novels like The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle and Coraline by Neil Gaiman are important pieces of literature to analyse as their impact and popularity has already ...

The objective with this thesis is to discuss and establish the narrative flexibility of J. R. R. Tolkien’s hobbits. I claim that Tolkien built an inherent flexibility in his hobbit creation in order to allow him to use ...

This thesis is an exploration of the connection between fiction literature and the ethics of the human treatment of the domesticated non-human animals who live their lives in constant relation to human society. The fiction ...

This thesis studies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) and Matilda (1988), two of the immensely popular children’s books written by Roald Dahl. It compares the books’ popularity in relation to their didactic function, ...

This thesis aims to identify and to define all the different linguistic functions that emoji can have in computer-mediated discourse. Emoji are graphical icons, representing attitudes or concepts, that became popular around ...

Abstract In my thesis, Stories to Bridge the Borderlands: Anti-Colonial Writing in the Works of Gloria Anzaldúa and Leslie Marmon Silko, I review the complete works of Anzaldúa and Silko. I focus on their seminal pieces ...

J.R.R Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire are two landmark works in the genre of medievalist fantasy literature. The main argument of this thesis is that, despite the apparent ...