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Weaver, Sarah Anne. "Fossil poetry : Tennyson and Victorian philology." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708871.

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Rautio, T. (Teija). "How do Finns regard different Englishes?:a study of Finnish students’ perceptions of seven varieties of English." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201611102984.

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The goal of the study was to examine Finnish university students’ perceptions of seven different varieties of English: General American, Scottish English, Australian English, RP, Indian English, Canadian English and Southern American English. The study was conducted with 14 respondents who heard one speech sample of each variety and then ranked them in two categories: Manner of Speech, including five traits, and Speaker Personality, including 13 traits. All of the traits were ranked within a six-scale chart, 1 depicting ‘not at all’ and 6 ‘very’. The study was conducted in two sections: first,

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Mamane, M. (Michelle). "Teaching English in a multilingual classroom." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201710102966.

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This paper considers how students from multilingual backgrounds are taught English in Finland. A small-scale observational study is performed of two English classes to determine the support provided for multilingual learners. It was found that although some support is provided, more support and materials are needed to provide the students an equal learning experience.

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Garnier, Mélodie. "English phrasal verbs : usage, knowledge, acquisition." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38662/.

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Formulaic language constitutes an essential part of English vocabulary and is necessary for performing a wide range of communicative functions, but knowledge and acquisition of formulaic sequences is typically found to be lacking and problematic for L2 learners. Whilst much research has been carried out on formulaic sequences such as idioms and collocations, comparatively little has been done on phrasal verbs which are nonetheless commonly perceived as one of the most challenging aspects of English vocabulary. This thesis attempts to contribute to filling this gap by exploring the usage, knowl

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Pekkarinen, A. M. (Anne-Maria). "Basic English and a young foreign language learner." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2013. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201306061555.

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The topic of thesis is teaching of English vocabulary at the lower levels of the Finnish comprehensive school after a three-year-study. The target group of the research is 77 11-year-old non-native English language learners. Material consisted of vocabulary tasks that were answered by pupils in the written form. The research problem was to find out whether word lists were suited for educational purposes and empirically examine vocabulary competence of a young, non-native foreign language learner. The theoretical part consists of Basic English word list compiled by Charles Kay Ogden, classifica

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Lindholm, T. (Tapio). "Influence of English in Finnish televised football commentary." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201411262013.

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The aim of this thesis is to examine the influence of English in Finnish televised football commentary. The subject has seen only limited research before in Finland or globally. The goal is therefore to investigate the ways English has influenced the language of Finnish football commentary, examine the adaptation of borrowings into Finnish language, find out reasons behind this influence, and to form a basis for future research into the subject. The theoretical background is contact linguistics, the needs of sports commentary as a specialist language and the phonological and morphological diff

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Huang, Xiaocong. "Stylistic approaches to literary translation : with particular reference to English-Chinese and Chinese-English translation." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/2949/.

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This thesis reports a study applying stylistics in the analysis and assessment of literary translation, with specific reference to translations between English and Chinese. It focuses on how to maintain the original style in the translation – in terms of techniques or linguistic features in the literary texts and their correspondent functions – and on how to assess the style of the individual translation and translator as measured by quantitative data derived from corpus linguistic analyses. The thesis starts with an overview of the specific challenges of literary translation and the value of

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Tikkakoski, S. (Saara). "Communicative language teaching as English pronunciation teaching method:developing exercises." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201602031107.

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This thesis pursues to apply communicative language teaching (CLT) into English pronunciation teaching in the context of Finnish school and curriculum for grades 7.-9. CLT is the theoretical basis of this thesis and the research question is: How can CLT be applied to English pronunciation teaching to promote learner autonomy and motivation in order to achieve more effective learning results? This question is answered in the form of communicative pronunciation tasks (CPTs) which aim to realise the principles of the theory of CLT. Research methods used in this thesis are ethnographical observati

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Kallunki, K. P. (Kari-Pekka). "Learning English in World of Warcraft:perspectives from the players." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201603111310.

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This thesis seeks to investigate how an online video game called ‘World of Warcraft’ facilitates learning English as a second language and provide a critical analysis of both advantages and disadvantages of this type of informal language learning. The relevance for this study stems from the fact that playing video games has risen in popularity since the beginning of 2000s, and approximately 35 percent of the playerbase in World of Warcraft, for example, are female players. This means that more and more people are learning English from video games. The data for this study has been gathered by c

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Kiernan, Patrick James. "Deconstructing narrative identity in English language teaching : an analysis of teacher interviews in Japanese and English." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2008. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/164/.

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This thesis is the third of three modules, and explores narrative identity in interviews with English language teachers. It offers an analysis of how speakers used linguistic resources to construct identities for themselves during life story interviews. Both interviewer (the author) and interviewees (21 native English speakers and 21 native Japanese speakers) taught English in Japan. All interviews were conducted in the interviewee’s native language. The analysis therefore consists of a contextualised cross-linguistic description of the linguistic resources employed by speakers for expressing

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Luonua, M. M. (Matti-Mikael). "Transfer of meaning in tourist brochure translations." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2013. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201303191112.

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The topic of this thesis concerns the translation of tourist brochures and how the message of the original text, along with the intended perlocution, are transferred to the translated text. The thesis mainly looks at translations from Finnish to English. There are two exceptions, where translations in Italian, German, Swedish and Russian were also looked at for comparison. The analysed translations were found from ten brochures that were collected from the Tornio and Pello tourist information offices, and two websites that promote locations in Muonio and in Tornio, respectively. The brochures

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Aaltonen, T. (Tommi). "Conflict sequences and social structures in online communication:a case study of the Sherdog.com forum." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201411131997.

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The aim of this thesis, “Conflict Sequences and Social Structures in Online Communication: A Case Study of the Sherdog.com Forum”, was to explore and explain an online community through the analysis of the communication and linguistic features found within it. One of the goals of the study was to see whether or not being a long-time member of the community guaranteed respect and admiration from less experienced members. A rudimentary hierarchy was found within the community and it was discovered that an online community such as the one under study appears to appreciate knowledgeable contributi

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Spets, H. (Heidi). "Connecting iconic gestures with units of speech." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201602031106.

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The aim of this study is to look at the connections between speech and gesture at the level of iconic gestures and their lexical affiliates. The primary interest is to see if the lexical affiliates of gestures representing the four aspects of iconicity belong to any specific word class or take a specific position within clause structure. David McNeill’s theories on gestures and the growth point as well as Nick Enfield’s idea of the composite utterance serve as the main theoretical background for this study. The findings suggest that iconic gestures connect to specific units of speech.

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Ward, J. (Joshua). "A survey of university students’ self-reflections on English register awareness." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201602031114.

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This Bachelor’s thesis describes a survey aimed at exploring first-year university students’ views and perspectives on how their previous education and extra-curricular experiences have prepared them for studying academic English. The students’ comments were analysed from a constructivist perspective, considering how learners experience and conceptualize language, with a focus on how they distinguish context-specific registers of English. Their responses suggest that the average first-year student has received little explicit instruction in formal register differences prior to university studi

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Pantchev, N. (Nikola). "A history of violence:the evolution of violence in American film remakes." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201605051637.

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This master’s thesis studies the violence in American cinema. The study is relevant, as it seems that more and more focus is given to the violence found in the arts. Furthermore, it seems that there is a general idea that films are becoming more violent. The thesis first investigates the history of American cinema from the late 1800s to the present while analyzing how violence has been depicted and filmed. The thesis also considers how violence in film has been moderated, for example, by the Production Code. The first part of the thesis focuses on the four eras of Hollywood and discovers that

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Roivainen, J. (Jenni). "“The increasing inequality challenges the very essence of who we are as a people”:analyzing political discourse and ideology." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201605201821.

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The aim of this study was to analyze a speech by the president of the United States, Barack Obama, on the economic situation of the country, and to find out how ideology is visible in his speech. The theoretical framework of political discourse analysis and ideology relies mostly on Van Dijk’s earlier research, as well as Matic’s previous research. The contents of the speech are analyzed in reference to Sawhill’s research on economic mobility in the USA. Obama has different roles as he is giving the speech, and these roles all affect the way Obama talks and the kind of suggestions that he make

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Kenttä, V. (Ville). "“This ain’t no ancient culture here, mister”:cultural interaction in Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201601231078.

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This study analyzes the Jim Jarmusch film Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai from the perspective of cultural interaction and what it says about race relations with its presentation of a stylized version of a culturally pluralist America. Sociological theories and formal analysis were applied to examine the film’s depiction of the melting pot in American society, otherness of different ethnic groups and preservation of cultural traditions. The study suggests that though the melting pot may face problems even to the point of violence, the coexistence of different cultures within a society is an

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Eilittä, T. (Tiina). "“There’s Kanga:she isn’t Clever, Kanga isn’t, but she would be so anxious about Roo that she would do a good thing to do without thinking about it.”:heteronormativity and gender roles in A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201602021101.

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This thesis examines the heteronormativity and gender roles in A. A. Milne’s popular children’s book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926). The research question is “To what extent is A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) portraying heterosexuality as norm?” Winnie-the-Pooh (Milne, 1926) was used as a data corpus and analysed using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) model of thematic analysis. One of the main themes examined was masculinity, which was further divided into themes such as social hierarchy and active boys. Another main theme was femininity, which examines Winnie-the-Pooh’s (Milne, 1926) only female chara

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Lehojärvi, E. (Emilia). "“I will give it my all!”:personal pronouns in the announcement speeches of the United States Presidential candidates in 2016." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201602031105.

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This study investigates the roles of personal pronouns ’I’ and ’they’ in constructing ’self’ and ’others’ in presidential announcement speeches. It also tries to identify differences in personal pronoun usage between seasoned politicians and newcomers. The analysis is conducted using Norman Fairclough’s approaches to critical discourse analysis (CDA). The findings of this thesis show that the politicians in question use variant categories to show different sides of their personality and try to enhance their own positive image by making their opponents (the others) look less attractive. The ana

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Eilola, E. (Eeli). "“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border”:an analysis of non-verbal communication of the winner of the Republican primary elections: Donald Trump." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201606102494.

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This study aimed to reveal how Donald Trump utilized verbal and non-verbal communication in one of his speeches. Multimodal Discourse Analysis is used as the method of this study, and the research material consists of transcriptions and video material. This study came to the conclusion that even though Donald Trump is able to convey desirable messages from time to time, he sometimes does not pay enough attention to the visual cues he is presenting. The results could be beneficial for future studies concerned with political speeches or Multimodal Discourse Analysis<br>Tämän tutkielman tavoittee

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Nivakoski, H. (Henna). "Individualism as a factor in the American gun control debate:a discourse analytical study of two political events." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201702231255.

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The purpose of this paper is to offer a socio-psychological perspective to the American gun control debate by examining the concept of conflicting worldviews of Americans suggested by Donald Braman and Dan M. Kahan. This study tested their theory of dominance of individualism over collectivism in the United States and how it could have affected Americans’ values in terms of national firearm policies. The data analysed consists of two political debates regarding guns in 2016, one with the president at the time, Barack Obama, and another with the presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary

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Hakala, M. (Mari). "The representations of Britishness and British characters in the American television series Friends:a case study." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201704251546.

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English is spoken around the world both by those who speak English as their first language and by those who have learned English as a foreign language for communicative purposes. This results in English being spoken with various different accents, and a contrast between the native speakers and those who speak it as a foreign language may arise. Using Discourse Analysis to support the analysis, this study investigates how the American television show Friends portray characters from Britain, as well as Britishness in general, in the otherwise American context<br>Englantia käyttävät niin sitä äid

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Sepp, E. (Elari). "The means to the ends of education:technology in the new core curriculum for basic education of Finland." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201705312245.

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The purpose of this study is to examine the status of technology in the new national core curriculum for basic education of Finland. The key factor involved is the opposition of means and ends in educational technology. This means that the study focuses on how technology is presented in the curriculum by considering how intrinsically or extrinsically it is treated in the context of education as well as the reasons given in the curriculum for the application of educational technology. The study also examines how the regulations in the curriculum change in accordance with different age groups of

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Paananen, A. (Anniina). "The development of the character of Lara Croft as manifested in the dialogue between her and other characters in the Tomb Raider reboot video game." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201706072625.

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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the development of the character of Lara Croft by analysing her dialogue with four other characters in the video game Tomb Raider, from 2013. The four other characters are Conrad Roth, Samantha “Sam” Nishimura, Alex Weiss and Dr James Whitman. In analysing the dialogue, content analysis was used in order to discover common themes in Lara Croft’s relationships with the other characters. The themes found in the dialogue are strength, trust, affection, guilt and acceptance. These themes appear differently in her relationships, each of which revealing a dif

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Korhonen, S. (Saku). "The rhetoric of blame and bluster:an analysis of how Donald Trump uses language to advance his political goals." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201706072635.

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In this thesis, I discuss Donald Trump’s political rhetoric using his tweets, a presidential debate between him and Hillary Clinton, and his inauguration speech, as material to identify the kind of typical elements that Trump uses in his rhetoric to drive his political agenda, and to influence the public’s perception of him. My main method in identifying these traits is political discourse analysis’ approach to critically reading texts. My main findings were that no matter the form of media, Trump relies on having political enemies to blame for the state of things in the US, and that he portra

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Korkiakoski, I. (Iida). "Yoda the powerful Jedi Master:perception of the character of Yoda in five of the first six Star Wars films." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201706082641.

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The main aim of my research is to analyze the character of Yoda’s perception of others and himself, and other characters’ perception of him in two of the three original Star Wars trilogy films and all three of the prequel films. In my thesis, I used methods of film analysis, as well as discourse analysis. I analyzed the perceptions individually in different scenes from each film. The conclusions of my research are that the character of Yoda is a very central and significant character, and other characters, as well as himself, perceive him as wise and powerful. Although, Yoda is a powerful char

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Vilmi, A. (Arttu). "“The lowest of the fuckin low, the scum of the earth”:identity and Image in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201405291582.

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The aim of this thesis is to study Irvine Welsh’s 1993 novel Trainspotting and how it represents the creation of identity and image. The reasons for choosing the novel as the subject of this study are its visibility in popular culture and its status as a well-known example of modern Scottish fiction. The theoretical framework of the thesis is divided into two: cultural studies and its theories of identity, and imagology and its theories of image. The two fields share similar concepts, but use different terminology. The aim is to create a synthesis of these theories in order to create a useful

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Teperi, S. (Sanna). "Lost in translation?:the arse-mothering, fuck-nosed, bugger-sucking challenge of translating swear words in Stephen Fry’s autobiography “Moab is my Washpot”." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2015. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201505211615.

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This pro gradu thesis studies the characteristics of swear words and their translation. The material under analysis is drawn from Stephen Fry’s autobiography Moab is my Washpot and its Finnish translation Koppava kloppi by Titia Schuurman. The research is divided into two parts. The first part of the work concentrates on analysing the reasons for omitting so many swear words from the Finnish version. The second part of the research takes a closer look at how the unusual English swearing, which includes swear words invented by the original author, is translated into Finnish. The applied theory

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Vaara, R. (Ruut). "The importance of web page design:a case study of four business school websites." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2015. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201511122136.

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The objective of this thesis was to look at four business school websites in detail, and evaluate the functionality of their web pages based on their structure and content, their overall web design, their usage as marketing tools and how they have taken into account internationalization in their site content. Two Finnish and two American business schools were evaluated, Oulu Business School (OBS) and Aalto University School of Business (AUSB) from Finland and Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Bryan School of Business and Economics from the United States. Due to the Americanized and homogen

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Bergman, F. (Frida). "A non-native speaker of English in the business world:a phenomenographic case study of IT engineers." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201702071130.

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This case study examines the personal experiences of IT engineers working in a multinational company. The aim of this study is to provide some insight into the experiences of non-native speakers of English, who are a part of the international business community. The data for this study was gathered from interviews and a written survey. A phenomenographic method was applied to the analysis of the data, based on the example of Loughland et al. (2002). This method of analysis allowed for the personal experiences of the participants of this study to be divided into four separate categories of desc

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Brockman, S. (Suvi). "Dutch translations of character names in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201604071409.

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The topic of the thesis is the Dutch translations of character names in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which is a story about how Harry Potter discovers the magical world after spending the first 11 years of his life in the ordinary, non-magical world. The book has been translated by Wiebe Buddingh’. There are altogether 112 characters in the novel, all of which have been included because effort has been made to create and translate each name. The purpose of the study was to investigate the translation of the names into the Dutch language: how they have been translated exactly and h

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Oksanen, A. (Atte). "“Dead beyond any hope of resurrection?”:Iain M. Banks’ gravitas-defying narratives as a response to the 20th century literary utopian decline." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201609232821.

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Utopian literature has been around for half a millennium, officially beginning with Sir Thomas More’s Utopia (1516). As a genre, it has survived several lulls in popularity, always to return with a new generation of authors imagining ideal societies. However, the current hiatus in the genre that started in early 20th century has caused several researchers to argue that the genre is either dead or dying. The argument goes that due to the failings of socialism and the horrors of two World Wars, people became pessimistic, lost their hope for the future and their heart for utopia. This same time p

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Tikkanen, T. (Tapio). "“You may have heard of me”:an archetypal analysis of the protagonist of Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201612103254.

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This research examines the protagonist of the fantasy novel The Name of the Wind written by Patrick Rothfuss. The goal is to establish that the given protagonist is not an archetypal hero or villain character, but rather he transcends the simplistic binary definitions of hero and villain by acting on humane drives and understandable reasons, both of which can contribute towards good or evil. The paper draws upon multiple sources to determine a) the importance of character, b) the definition of archetypes and c) the traits exhibited by hero and villain characters. These are then used as a found

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Väyrynen, V. (Valtteri). "From rage to reconciliation:the portrayal of Northern Ireland’s Troubles in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Five Minutes of Heaven." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201612233345.

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This study examines the portrayal of Northern Ireland’s Troubles in the 2008 docudrama film Five Minutes of Heaven by Oliver Hirschbiegel. The study’s goals were to determine if the film manifests any kind of bias against Northern Ireland’s Catholics/republicans or Protestants/loyalists, and how the film relates to earlier Troubles films and their conventions. The film was analysed on the levels of content and style, with focus being divided mainly between the film’s main characters and its use of documentary film techniques. Scholarly literature dealing with earlier Troubles cinema was consul

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Vanhala, E. (Eemi). "“The Templars do not fight for the Crown”:the constructing of protagonists and antagonists in Assassin’s Creed III." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201704131483.

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This study examines the 2012 video game Assassin’s Creed III by Ubisoft. The goal of the study was to determine whether the portrayal of different groups in the game, historical and fictional, was simple and biased or fair and complex. The game was analysed by studying the way the game constructs its protagonists and antagonists and how it creates allegiance with the player character and other characters. The study aimed to research both fictional factions, the Assassins and the Templars, as well as the historical factions, the British Empire and its Thirteen Colonies in North America, and det

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Karjalainen, T. (Tanja). "English in Finnish young women’s magazines:a study of Demi, Trendi and Cosmopolitan." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201704131491.

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This master’s thesis examines the use of English as an additional linguistic resource in the language of Finnish young women’s magazines. The aim of the thesis is to study the amount of English in the magazines as well as the ways in which English is mixed with Finnish. Furthermore, one goal is to discuss the possible reasons for the use of English instead of Finnish with the help of previous research done on the role of English in Finland. The data of the study consists of the September 2016 issues of Demi, Trendi and the Finnish Cosmopolitan, and the research method is qualitative analysis.

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Kaisanlahti, A. (Anniina). "Scottish independence in the media:“We live in an uncertain world. Our homeland and our interest overseas are subject to constant threats:history shows how quickly and unexpectedly crises can emerge.”." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201705111797.

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Scotland voted for independence in September 18th 2014. The referendum got a lot of media attention, and many aspects of the possible independence were discussed in virtually every media in the United Kingdom and all over the world. The independence was supported by the so-called Yes campaign, mainly organized by the leading party in the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish National Party. The opposing side of the argument was the Better Together campaign, which had the support of the other major parties in Scotland, as well as many other individuals. The study examines different ways of media pe

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Ronkainen, H. (Heli). "Let’s write this article!:ways to improve cooperation between researchers and language editors in writing journal articles." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201706012355.

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This study investigates how Finnish-speaking researchers at the University of Oulu cooperate with language editors in writing scientific articles in English. There is not enough awareness of the different aspects and benefits of this kind of cooperation, despite the fact that for researchers writing for scientific journals is an important part of their work. This thesis is a case study. There was no empirical research about the cooperation between researchers and language editors during the writing process of scientific articles before this study. In order to find out what the Finnish-speaking

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Sirén, T. (Tea). "Interrupting, patronizing and silencing in the series Teen Mom 2:re-evaluating the stereotypes." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201602031108.

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Today’s western society sees women as powerless and incapable and men as dominant leaders in any given situation. These stereotypes of men and women are often reflected as expectations of how men and women should behave and carry themselves. Women are expected to stay quiet and men are expected to take charge regardless of the situation at hand. These expectations further prevent opportunities for both men and women in working life, for example. They also cloud people’s ability and willingness to look at people as individuals. The purpose of this current study is to question these stereotypes

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Pyhäjärvi, I. (Iiro). "The opinions of students on grades and grading systems, and how they relate to current assessment." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201605201824.

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Assessment of students is an important part of current education system, but the opinions of students regarding assessment have not been studied much. This study was based on a questionnaire aimed at students of Oulu University that asked them about their grades, the change of those grades and most importantly for this study, their general opinion of grades, and set out to examine how those opinions compare to the current methods of assessment. The approach chosen was qualitative content analysis, and theoretical background consisted of the Common European Framework for language competence, na

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Richard, M. (Magalie). "Building virtual learning communities:a qualitative study of an online community of practice on the language-learning website Duolingo." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201606102493.

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The use of online language-learning tools for independent learning has been growing in the past years thanks to free websites and applications like Duolingo. The overall objective of this thesis is to demonstrate how the users of Duolingo constitute a growing community of practice. Through a qualitative study, this thesis explores the content of Duolingo’s main discussion section to locate typical activities that communities do to develop their practice. For the purpose of this study, a survey was also conducted among Duolingo users to determine if these activities were reflected in their answ

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Mehtälä, H. (Harri). "The affordances of Duolingo for mobile-assisted language learning:a sociocultural and ecological perspective." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2015. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201512182309.

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The role of information technology has been growing in the field of education. Mobile technology enables learning in and out of the traditional classroom setting, bridging the gap between formal and informal learning. Gamified applications seek to make second language learning as enjoyable as playing a video game. With its large user base, Duolingo has quickly become one of the most popular ways of learning languages online. This pro gradu thesis studies the Android smartphone version of Duolingo. The aim is to explore different language learning affordances in Duolingo from the viewpoint of t

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Leinonen, R. (Rita). "“So that you’re feeling comfortable in speaking the language”:teacher students’ views on teaching the pronunciation of English." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201705111805.

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The topic of the thesis is teacher students’ views on teaching the pronunciation of English. The topic is relevant because English is the language of international communication. Also, the topic appears not to have been researched before in Finland. The purpose of the study is to examine teacher students’ views on teaching the pronunciation of English and to investigate which topics they find relevant within the theme. The study explores the empirical findings in the light of the sociocultural theory of learning and the communicative approach to language teaching. A number of studies related s

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Rissanen, J. (Janne). "A perceptual study of difficulties met by native speakers of English in the production of the durational patterns of Finnish disyllabic word structures." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201410041921.

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This thesis presents a perceptual study of difficulties met by native speakers of English in the production of the durational patterns of Finnish disyllabic word structures. The primary purpose of the analysis was to investigate how a message changes on the way from text to utterance and further from utterance to perception, and then to evaluate how well the informants have managed in their utterances on the basis of the listeners’ perceptions. The test material of 70 words contains words pairs consisting of meaningful disyllabic Finnish words and pseudowords in random order. The meaningful wo

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Alanko, M. (Mirjami). "How to be a skilled English learner:a sociocultural analysis of Finnish adults’ learner beliefs." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201606022155.

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Many teachers and teacher trainees working in the field of teaching will know that student beliefs are an important factor in learning. As they are thought to even influence the outcomes of second language and foreign language learning in both positive and negative ways, the benefits of studying and acknowledging them are significant. Beliefs and perspectives change and develop very slowly, especially as they often are unconscious. The aim of this research was to find out what kinds of learner beliefs adult Finnish learners have, and to compare them to the modern sociocultural and ecological t

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Anttila, J. (Juha). "Language acquisition and linguistic requirements in peacekeeping:a case study." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2013. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201305201318.

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This study looks into the ways language acquisition is presented in peacekeeping and what are the linguistic requirements for working in a peacekeeping organization. The study also provides some possibilities for the results to be used by the peacekeeping organization in planning and organizing the language training of future peacekeepers in order to meet the linguistic requirements of peacekeeping more efficiently. The data mainly consists of recordings gathered during and after two separate tours of duty in peacekeeping work in Afghanistan. The gathered data was first assessed according to t

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Karvonen, S. (Senni). "On the same page:an analysis of the mommy blogging phenomenon." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201411141999.

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The study highlighted some of the central characteristics in current mommy blogging phenomenon. I examined a blog post of Divine secrets of a domestic diva which manifested an action a group of mommy bloggers took to take part in one of the latest debates in the blogosphere. Given the controversial topic, I was interested in examining the blog entry in detail, analyzing its linguistic features and seeing what kind of discourses it created or tried to replace. I was also aiming to evaluate how the post was perceived by the readers and examine the potential community development between the blog

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Syrjä, E. (Eero). "Girls rule, boys drool!:a systematic review of literature on the effects of gender on educational outcomes." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201605101659.

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There exists a large gap between the genders for educational attainment, with females outperforming males by a large margin. This gap is seen through almost all levels of secondary and tertiary education, and is present in all of EU-28 and PISA countries. This thesis is a systematic review of literature concerning this effect in Finland. Using a methodical step by step process with a specific Boolean search string to narrow down search results from two academic databases: Ebsco and Proquest’s ERIC. A group of eight studies were selected to be primary sources, and they were analysed as to their

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Kilpeläinen, R. (Riina). "Establishing intergovernmental organizations:how founding treaty discourse creates collectivity among the member states." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201704131499.

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The globalisation of politics has resulted in a myriad of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). While the primary reason for a sovereign state to join such an organization may be based on national cost-benefit calculations, the durability and functionality of an IGO require a sense of collectivity and solidarity to be formed among the member states. Therefore, this study examines how the discourse in the founding treaties of IGOs can be used to establish collectivity among member states. To this end, this study focuses on the founding treaties of five globally significant intergovernmental o

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Pouke, S. (Saara). "A study of the function of the love triangle in The Hunger Games trilogy." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201706102663.

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This bachelor’s thesis aims to explain why the love triangle that appears in the dystopian Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins has a function within the work and so does not take away any of the feminist power that the protagonist of the book, Katniss Everdeen, possesses. The love triangle works to explore the themes of adolescent love, games and is a metaphor for the various societies in the book. In the theme of adolescent love, the internal motivators and the external motivators as to whom Katniss should pick differ. Sexuality is also explored through these characters. The theme of game

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