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Presentation of literature review and development of argument:

10%

The student has represented the views of prominent scholars on the topic

and has developed critical arguments in support of or against the literature

represented. Her/his literature review is focussed on the research question

and relevant to it.

The student presents the current state of research concerning the topic at

hand to a satisfactory extent but concentrates too much on one particular

viewpoint. OR: Parts of the student's literature review does not focus on the

research question and not well linked to the empirical part.

The literature review shows a lack of focus. The author presents bits and

pieces that are loosely related to the topic at hand and/or discusses aspects

that have no or little relevance to the empirical part. The author mentions

results of previous studies only in passing or fails to mention these at all.

Empirical work:

Quality of analyses:

15% *)

The student's empirical analyses serve to answer the research question and

are methodologically sound enough for the BA level. The author argues

convincingly why s/he has chosen this particular methodological approach.

The results obtained can be easily compared with those of previous studies.

The analyses are satisfactory yet exhibit some methodological flaws or do

not completely answer the research question.

The student has failed to use linguistic methodology appropriate for the topic.

The analyses are very poor. The student mainly presents selected examples

from his/her data. The research question is hence not answered at all.

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