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MA thesis defenses in languages and linguistics

2 June 2026 08:30 to 16:00 Degree project presentations

International MA programme in languages and linguistics

Welcome to attend MA thesis defenses. All sessions will be in room L123 at SOL. Please note that the times are exact: 15.00 indeed means 15.00.

TimeRespondentOpponentExaminer
8.30-9.30Sara Fornaro: Narrative Empathy:  A cognitive semiotic study of audience engagement with a story across different mediaSol GudfinnsdóttirTodd Oakley, S Manninen
9.40-10.40Sol Gudfinnsdóttir: Meaning Making in Political Discourse. A Cognitive Semiotic Exploration of Hand ExpressionsSara FornaroTodd Oakley, S Manninen
11.30-12.30Anna Svensson: Legitima prisökningar? En diskursanalytisk studie av transitivitet, ergativitet och fakticitet i svenska nyhetstexter om inflationHanna RosqvistSanna Skärlund
13.30-14.30Mihaela Skot: Motion event cognition and multilingualism: Evidence from Croatian-English bilingualsLea BedicJohan Blomberg, S Manninen
15.00-16.00Dorotea Kurtisz: Neural Responses to Code-Switching: An EEG Study Lucia NeuholdSabine Gosselke Berthelsen, S Manninen

Copies of the theses are available on the learning platform Canvas. Those who do not have access to Canvas are welcome to email the author and ask for a copy. 

Sara Fornaro

Sol Gudfinnsdóttir

Anna Svensson

Mihaela Skot

Dorotea Kurtisz

 

 

About the event:

2 June 2026 08:30 to 16:00

Location:
SOL: L123

Contact:
satu.manninenenglund.luse

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