In this thesis, I test the Bottleneck Hypothesis (Slabakova, 2008, 2013, 2016) in L2 acquisition of English by Persian L1 speakers. The Bottleneck Hypothesis (BH) examines what is difficult and what is easy to acquire in a second language. According to this hypothesis, functional morphology is the most challenging part for second language learners to acquire, while narrow syntax and semantics are ...

There is considerable variation related to the form of exclamatives across North Germanic varieties (see Delsing 2010 and Abels and Vangsnes 2010). However, in the Nordic Syntax Database there is only information about one particular and somewhat special kind of exclamative construction, here termed ‘measureless quantificational exclamative’ and exemplified by the Swedish example in (1). (1) Vad ...

Nepal adopted ILO Convention No. 169 in 2007, and its principles have been applied in national legislation and policies to enhance the acknowledgment of indigenous peoples' rights in practice. The research highlights the changes in Nepal's acknowledgment and protection of indigenous peoples' rights after the country ratified of ILO 169. Thus, it will investigate the Nepalese government's adoption ...

De siste 30 årene har pedagogiske kvalifikasjoner fått stadig større betydning for ansettelser ved norske universitet og vitenskapelige høyskoler. I forbindelse med Kvalitetsreformen i 2003 ble dette koblet til forbedring av studiekvaliteten. Internasjonalt har kravet om at undervisning skal få større status blitt stadig sterkere de siste ti-årene, og med det også anerkjennelsen av Scholarship of ...

A cultural turn in the economy has led to growth in what might be called ‘spiritual entrepreneurship’.1 This term refers to entrepreneurs inspired by a New Age philosophy marketing spiritual values such as ‘self-development’, ‘holism’ and ‘deep values’. To shed light on this type of enterprise, the article examines one of its practitioners; Esther Utsi at Polmakmoen Guesthouse in northern ...

En forløper for dagens fleksible utdanninger ved høgskoler og universitet var de desentraliserte lærerutdanningene som ble igangsatt på 1970-tallet. Flesteparten av studentene den gang var kvinner som ikke hadde anledning til å flytte til et studiested for å ta utdanning. Et uttalt siktemål var å ta i bruk den utdanningsreserven som husmødre representerte. Tiltaket var inspirert av det britiske Open ...

The existence of negative descriptions denoting events is controversial in the literature, since it implies enriching the semantic ontology with negative events. The goal of this article is to argue that the readings that have been called ‘negative events’—in contrast to sentential negation reading—should be analysed as inhibited eventualities. We will argue that the inhibited eventuality reading ...

Kveenin kieli eli kainunkieli kuuluu uhanalaisiin kieliin, koska se ei enää ole vanhemmilta lapsille luonnollisessa kommunikaatiossa välittyvä kieli. Artikkelissa analysoidaan Engeströmin (1987) toiminnan teorian avulla kveenin kielen ja kulttuurin elvyttämistä kahdessa pohjoisnorjalaisessa päiväkodissa. Vain toisessa kuvatuista päiväkodeista pyrittiin kveenin kielen elvytykseen ns. kielipesämenetelmää ...

Doubling of negation, where a declarative is initiated and finished with negation as shown in (1) below, consists of two different structures: clause-initial negation and clause-final negation, and these need not be related. (1) Inte har jag sett honom inte. (Fenno-Swedish) not has I seen him not ‘I have certainly not seen him’ (Bergroth 1928: 159) Clause-initial negation, which contributes ...

”Med smerte skal du føde dine barn,” sier Gud til Eva i Første Mosebok, og det som straff for hennes overtredelse av Guds bud. Noen tusen år seinere gjør det fortsatt vondt, men bibelfortellingene konkurrerer med andre fortellinger, enkelte av dem langt mer positive. Blant de mest positive finnes New Age-varianter av naturlig fødsel. Det å føde barn handler her om å ta del i skaperakten, om å ...