Is Norway a wealthy country because of its oil? Why have Edvard Grieg, Henrik Ibsen, Knut Hamsun and Edvard Munch become world famous? What are the basic Norwegian values? Why do we have two official written languages in a country with only 5.4 million people? Is Norway in a position to influence world politics? How are minorities treated? Is Christianity on the wane in Norway? What is it like to grow up in Norwegian kindergartens and schools? What are the challenges for the Norwegian welfare state?

Norway: Society and Culture provides an introduction to contemporary Norwegian society for students, tourists, people in Norway on business, or anyone interested in knowing more about the northwestern corner of the European continent. In 14 short chapters, Norwegian scholars present a wide range of aspects of present-day Norway. Stimulating and accessible!

",[119],"format","EPUB",[122],"Samfunnsvitens. fag, diverse ebøker",319,"drm","LCP","available_text","I salg",true,[131,132],[135,136],[139],[142],"rental_options",[194],{"_195":196,"_197":198},"duration_months",6,"price",196,"14d755d2-7886-4ded-8f9c-d312868a76f3","based_on_id",1,"2021-10-31T23:00:00Z",[204,205],{"_69":154,"_155":156},{"_69":158,"_155":156},"note","1. e-bokutgave tilsvarer 3. trykte utgave 2021","available_for_plans",[210,211,212,213],"aplus","aplusbeta","forlag-cappelen-damm-akademisk","forlagstilgangcda",{"_98":215},{"_100":216,"_102":217},"9788202445249",{"_11":216,"_109":218,"_111":219,"_113":220,"_221":222,"_115":229,"_117":230,"_120":231,"_123":232,"_125":233,"_127":8,"_128":8,"_129":234,"_133":236,"_238":239,"_104":216,"_143":240,"_145":201,"_147":241,"_149":242,"_243":244,"_159":8,"_160":8,"_161":162,"_163":164,"_165":8,"_166":8,"_167":8,"_168":8,"_169":8},"Academic writing in English : a practical handbook","Academic writing in English is primarily intended for students in higher education. We have in mind students who are expected to hand in independently produced English as part of their programme requirements, for example in the form of assigned term papers, practice reports or a final thesis. But the book also offers valuable advice for non-students, for people in diverse professions who are assumed to possess good writing skills, but may not have them.\\n\\nWe adopt an approach that gradually narrows the focus. We start out with a general discussion of the genre academic writing and its linguistic characteristics. We take students through the stages in the writing process, raising their awareness of the nature of the writing task and the appropriate level of style that the task requires. We also discuss matters of text cohesion, which is crucially important in text production. Most of these aspects can be referred to as macro-level concerns.\\n\\nThen, zooming in on the micro-level, the sentence level, we focus on problems that detract from the quality of any academic text, such as impoverished vocabulary, syntactic breakdowns and lack of compactness; Norwegian writers need to learn how to compress more meaning into fewer words. There is also a condensed presentation of the contrastive dimension, the main areas of grammar where Norwegian and English differ.\\n\\nA special chapter, central in all academic writing, presents the standard conventions for correctly acknowledging, referring to and quoting text-external voices. Plagiarism has no place in academic writing. It also includes advice on bibliography-making.\\n\\nAcademic writing in English provides its users with academic insight into the characteristics of well-written texts and offers practical advice on how to attain the same level in their own writing. The book is amply illustrated and includes innumerable exercises.","Academic writing in English is primarily intended for students in higher education. We have in mind students who are expected to hand in independently produced English as part of their programme requirements, for example in the form of assigned term papers, practice reports or a final thesis. But the book also offers valuable advice for non-students, for people in diverse professions who are assumed to possess good writing skills, but may not have them. We adopt an approach that gradually narrows the focus. We start out with a general discussion of the genre academic writing and its linguistic characteristics. We take students through the stages in the writing process, raising their awareness of the nature of the writing task and the appropriate level of style that the task requires. We also discuss matters of text cohesion, which is crucially important in text production. Most of these aspects can be referred to as macro-level concerns. Then, zooming in on the micro-level, the sentence level, we focus on problems that detract from the quality of any academic text, such as impoverished vocabulary, syntactic breakdowns and lack of compactness; Norwegian writers need to learn how to compress more meaning into fewer words. There is also a condensed presentation of the contrastive dimension, the main areas of grammar where Norwegian and English differ. A special chapter, central in all academic writing, presents the standard conventions for correctly acknowledging, referring to and quoting text-external voices. Plagiarism has no place in academic writing. It also includes advice on bibliography-making. Academic writing in English provides its users with academic insight into the characteristics of well-written texts and offers practical advice on how to attain the same level in their own writing. The book is amply illustrated and includes innumerable exercises.]]>","authors",[223,226],{"_11":224,"_69":225},"31279","Lysvåg, Per",{"_11":227,"_69":228},"716148","Stenbrenden, Gjertrud Flermoen",2014,[119],[122],"Språklære (grammatikk, språkkurs...)",389,[235],"Språk, litteratur og medievitenskap",[237],"Skrive- og redigeringsguider","thema_lang_no",[122],"20150128095438970","2014-07-24T22:00:00Z",183,"series",[245],{"_11":246,"_69":247},"20141029132335757","Academic writing in English","recommended",[],"_type","allvit.curriculum.Course","curriculumName","Vår 2026","actionData","errors"]

.css-6cvwwr{margin:0;font-weight:500;font-size:18px;line-height:1.4;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;font-family:Inter,sans-serif,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial;}Emne: NOIN101Norsk språk og samfunn, høyskolekultur - en innføring

Emne: NOIN101
Norsk språk og samfunn, høyskolekultur - en innføring