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NOR-2022: Names - an introduction. Special course for foreign students. Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Normally third year. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Examination semester
Autumn | Objectives
Students will acquaint themselves with central aspects of name research, especially personal names (fashions and structural characteristics of names). The course does not provide a qualification for teaching in Norwegian schools. | Contents
The course provides an introduction to name research. Particular emphasis will be attached to personal names, among other things fashions from 1700 to the present day and structural characteristics of the various types of names.
Required previous qualifications / courses: General study qualifications. In addition, students must have knowledge of Norwegian equivalent to NOR-0100, Norwegian for foreign students: a one-semester course of study which is in turn based on previous knowledge equivalent to a pass in Norwegian Level III/the Bergen Test.
Recommended previous qualifications / courses: NOR-1000 subjects, although others without specific previous qualifications can also take this course. | Form of teaching
26 periods in all (13 double periods. Teaching will be in the form of lectures, seminars and exercises. Tuition-free periods are used for private study and writing assignments.
Language of instruction: Norwegian | Exam and assessment
Assessment method:
At the end of the semester students must hand in an assignment of 10-12 pages in length (or approx. 24,000 characters). Students will not be expected to use both Bokmål and Nynorsk, and demands will be less stringent than for students taking an ordinary course in Scandinavian language or literature.
Course performance will be assessed with the letter grades A-F.
Language of examination: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish. | Contact person/lecturer
Professor Gulbrand Alhaug E-mail: gulbrand.alhaug@hum.uit.no Tel.: 776 44 277 | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request | Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?year=2006&department=ALLE&module=NOR-2022-1 |
Teaching autumn 2006
Første forelesning: Torsdag 17. august kl 1215, rom A 3019 | | Forelesning | Samkjøres med NOR-2012.
Timeplan: Se NOR-2012 | | Semesteroppgave | Innlevering av sem.oppg. Mandag 27. november. |
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