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This MA thesis studies how the narrative space and the spatial setting affect literary character’s development within a novel. I utilise Jojo Moyes’ novel Me before You as a primary source for my analysis. The protagonist ...

In recent years, videogames being played professionally as esports have grown in popularity, rivaling the viewership of more traditional sports. Academic research in the field of sports science has recognized communication ...

This study focuses on the evaluative function of recipe titles as evidenced in the early modern English manuscript recipe book MS V.a.619 (Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.619). The study comprises of a structural analysis ...

In this thesis I study the Old English words that mean ‘witch’, the distribution of the words in Old English texts and what kind of other words are connected to them, in order to determine how the different words are used ...

Elderly learners, those retiring from working life, have not been a popular target group for research in the field of second language acquisition, although they are a fast-growing segment of language learners. The purpose ...

This Master’s Thesis is a comparative study of two North American English translations of Fuyumi Ono’s Japanese fantasy novel Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi (‘Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadows’). The earlier translation of ...

This thesis examines the realization of the speech act of criticizing in the stand-up comedy of Bill Burr, with the purpose of revealing how criticism is realized in a context in which humor is paramount and causing offense ...

This thesis discusses fantasy fiction and the specific problems related to translating it. The problems are approached from the perspective of the translator, looking at both real translations and originals that are yet ...

The purpose of this thesis was to examine and compare the written complexity in the L1 and L2 writing of Finnish learners of English. Proficiency is a topic of great interest in research on second language acquisition. ...

Tutkielman aiheena on tarkastella sitä, miten brändisijoittelu on käännetty Seinfeld-televisiosarjan suomenkielisissä käännöstekstityksissä. Aineistona on käytetty 11:tä jaksoa sarjan kahdeksannelta tuotantokaudelta sekä ...