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Teaching the Canon; Jane Austen´s Pride and Prejudice
(2011-04-06)
This essay presents a literature study for students of English as a foreign language, and it has its basis in the Canon debate. The Canon debate refers to the questions about what literature should be used in schools and ...
TURNING HORSEPOWER INTO GIRL POWER - A study of how women utilize leadership skills learned at the stable
(2019-11-15)
Purpose: This study aims to explore how equestrian experience influence women in leading and
management positions in organizational settings. As well as studying if leadership
training at a young age at the stable be ...
Blow my whistle & eat my poison - A pedagogical study of ideologies and language in music lyrics
(2013-03-19)
The aim of this study is to investigate how students perceive English authentic material, ideologically and linguistically, outside of school and whether it is possible to find clear connections to what is or is not taught ...
Getting a grip on the effect of preventive public health interventions – A study of the economic benefits of subsidized ice cleats
(2020-07-10)
Purpose: This thesis studies an ice cleat subsidy programme for seniors introduced in 2018 by Region Jönköping in Sweden. The aim of the study is to examine whether the subsidy was a cost-effective way of decreasing the ...
“I DO NOT WRITE MERE WORDS. I WRITE OF HUMAN FLESH AND BLOOD” An Intersectional Approach to Identity in Agnes Smedley’s Autobiographical Novel Daughter of Earth
(2019-09-04)
This essay analyzes Agnes Smedley’s autobiographical novel Daughter of Earth (1929) from an intersectional perspective. The purpose is to concentrate on the novel itself, Smedley’s alter ego Marie Rogers, and the different ...
Kroppen i det offentliga rummet En studie av performanceverken Twilight Walk och Göteborg Crawl
(2015-06-22)
This essay aims to analyse the social and physical interaction through the body in
public space, based on the performances Twilight Walk by The New Beauty Council,
and Crawl, by William Pope.L. As part of the ...
Hedges, Boosters and Tag Questions in The Big Bang Theory: A Gender Perspective
(2014-02-21)
The aim of the present study is to investigate the overall frequency of hedges,
boosters and tag questions in a selected number of episodes of the TV show The Big
Bang Theory, and whether or not there are any gender ...
“LONGING WON’T BRING HIM BACK SOONER…” A Case Study of Gendered Language Use in American Recruitment Posters from the Second World War
(2020-09-08)
The aim of this study is to analyse and compare American male and female
recruitment posters from the Second World War. The sub-aims are to find out whether the
slogans directed at men and women differed linguistically ...
Power, politics, and gender-related epistemic modality in interview discourse
(2014-10-08)
To examine usage, distribution and function of gender-related
epistemic modality in the form of hedges and boosters in political
interviews and compare the present findings with those of previous
studies.
Methods: A ...
Intergenerational Mobility and Education - Evidence from Latin America
(2016-07-05)
The main objective of this study is to investigate the extent of social mobility in Latin America. Using educational attainment as a proxy for socioeconomic status in 18 Latin American countries, this study estimates ...