Vologodsky, VadimHowell, Nicholas2017-09-062017-09-062017-09-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/22740This thesis introduces two notions of motive associated to a log scheme. We introduce a category of log motives à la Voevodsky, and prove that the embedding of Voevodsky motives is an equivalence, in particular proving that any homotopy-invariant cohomology theory of schemes extends uniquely to log schemes. In the case of a log smooth degeneration, we give an explicit construction of the motivic Albanese of the degeneration, and show that the Hodge realization of this construction gives the Albanese of the limit Hodge structure.en-USAll Rights Reserved.Albanesedegenerationlimit Hodge structurelog geometrymotiveElectronic Thesis or Dissertation