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NOR-2012: Onomastics

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).
Contents
The course provides an introduction to name research. There will be special emphasis on 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.

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).

Exam language: Norwegian.
Course performance will be assessed with the letter grades A-F.
Contact person/lecturer
Professor Gulbrand Alhaug Tel. 776 44 277 E-mail: Gulbrand.Alhaug@hum.uit.no
Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request
Course overlap
NORDMFS -1      10 sp
Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?year=2006&department=ALLE&module=NOR-2012-1

Teaching autumn 2006
Første forelesning: Torsdag 17. august kl 1215, rom A 3019
ForelesningSamkjøres med NOR-2022
Foreleser Professor Gulbrand Alhaug
SemesteroppgaveInnlevering av sem.oppgave: Mandag 27. november


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