We have no autograph writings from Chaucer’s hand. This course follows the history of the Chaucer canon as it evolved from the earliest extant manuscripts which were written down soon after his death, through generations of scribes to the advent of printing, and through the hands of subsequent generations of editors to the collected works as we know them today. As examples we will look particularly at the establishment of the Canterbury Tales tradition, and at the disputed Equatorie of the Planetis text and the evidence for that being Chaucer’s.
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The course gives an introduction to contrastive analysis and assesses its role in theoretical and applied linguistics. Examples are given from contrastive analyses of Norwegian and English (also in relationship to other languages).
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The course gives an introduction to the theory and methodology of corpus use in language research. Be aware of possible changes to this course. (Will be posted)
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This course offers an introduction into the ways in which tense and aspect are employed to express temporal relations in English, as described in some of the recent linguistic literature. The following three temporal relations will be at the focus of attention: (i) ways of expressing future time, (ii) the contrast between progressive and non-progressive verb forms, and (iii) the distinction between the preterite and the perfect. In some cases the relationship between American and British English will receive special attention.
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This is a master's course in English language history. It will be held that observations are not independent of explanatory frameworks: descriptions of events, the things that are to be explained, are themselves the product of theory. Problems and case-studies will be taken from phonology, morphology and syntax. Some recent claims in respect of language contact will also be considered.
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The course introduces and focuses on one or more problem areas in the field of Norwegian/English translation. Different theoretical approaches (based on contrastive linguistics, text linguistics and translatology) are used in the analysis of concrete problems and texts. The course has an important practical component consisting of the translation of a given number of pages.
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What makes us perceive coherence in texts? And what is the difference between a text and an arbitrary collection of sentences? Within Systemic-Functional Grammar such phenomena are studied as part of texture. The components of texture are cohesion, thematic structure, and information structure. All these are signalled in a text through lexicogrammatical choices.
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The aim of this course will be to study grammatical – and to some extent lexical – differences between the two main varieties of present-day English: American and British. Some of the set texts focus on American English and discuss how this variety differs from British English.
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The module introduces you to a functional way of describing the English language. Functional grammar is a theory that tries to account for the use of English as a vehicle for communication between people in social and cultural contexts. It raises your awareness of how language users create meaning through their choice of words and grammatical structures in specific situations. It includes analyses of authentic texts.
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The module gives an introduction to the linguistic and stylistic analysis of various kinds of texts, such as literary texts, spoken discourse, academic texts, newspaper texts and advertisements. It contains a brief introduction to functional grammar.
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The course provides the students with an introduction to the English language the way it appeared in its 'Germanic period', prior to the French influence. An overview is provided of conjugation forms in the most central word groups, and an introduction into the basic syntax of the language. A certain overview is also given into a richly documented period in English cultural history in which there were close relations with Scandinavia.
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This course offers an introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer, the greatest writer of the Middle English period. There is an emphasis on the synchronic study of his language, and comparison will be made with the structure of present-day English. A selection of texts will be studied in depth, and we shall place Chaucer’s works in a greater historical and cultural context and, more specifically, in the European literary tradition.
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The course offers an introduction to English language history, paying attention to language changes, language contact, and the development into a modern national language in particular. An introduction is also given to the main characteristics of Old English and Middle English.
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The first part of this course is an introduction to the study of semantics on both word and sentence level. The second part gives insights into theories of language use, particularly the part of pragmatics dealing with how you communicate more than you literally say or write.
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Regional and social accents of English in the British Isles are introduced. A general survey is given of the variation in pronunciation across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Some specific accents from each of these countries are studied in detail.
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An introductory course which examines the various colonisations of that part of Britain which became England, from the late Romano-British period into the Anglo-Norman era; the story is dominated by the Anglo-Saxon and Norse settlements, and the Norman Conquest, but Frisian and Flemish also enter the narrative, which will of necessity consider other parts of the British Isles. The course will examine texts, the evidence of place-names, and to some extent archaeological evidence; source criticism will be an important part of the survey.
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An introductory course in history and language history, concerned chiefly with the viking period and the Norse settlements in England, and Norse elements in the English language. Additionally, the course considers possible connexions in the pre-viking period.Source criticism will be an important component, and includes texts, the interpretation of place-names, and to some extent archaeological evidence.
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The course gives an introduction to the grammatical, and to some extent lexical, variation among the major national varieties of English. The main focus will be on American and British English, but Australian and New Zealand English will also be given considerable attention. The teaching draws on some of the many electronic corpora which are now available for the study of such variation.
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The thesis is an independent reasearch project on a subject chosen in agreement with your supervisor. The thesis is written in English and should be about 80-100 pages (one standard page is 2300 characters).
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Masteroppgaven er et selvstendig forskningsprosjekt over et emne som velges i samråd med faglærer (veileder).
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The course offers an overview of major trends within Anglo-American literary theory of the twentieth century, such as New Criticism, New Historicism and feminist criticism. The syllabus consists of a selection of theoretical essays, introductory essays, and examples of the application of literary theories to specific literary texts.
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The course gives an overview of American literature in the nineteenth century with major emphasis on the American Renaissance, realism, naturalism, and the local color movement. The syllabus consists of selected, representative essays, poems, short stories, and novels from the period.
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This course provides a broad introduction to the English renaissance and offers a possibility of specializing in drama (Shakespeare, Jonson and Webster) or in poetry (Spenser and Milton).
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A broad introduction to the most important literary developments, studied in light of socio-political history and intellectual background.
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The course covers the years from 1790 to 1830, a period characterised by radical ideas and rebellion against tradition and convention, both in politics and in literature. The syllabus contains a broad selection of texts by the most prominent poets, novelists, and thinkers of the time.
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