And here is the program for the second Defense Day! Again, the schema is: 20 min for the student summarizing their work (audio-visually), 20 min for the opposition and 20 min for questions from the examiner, and the audience. The supervisors are asked to serve as chairpersons. Then there will be a break, during which supervisor, examiner and coordinator will convene and discuss the grade, ca. 20 minutes. Presenters - please come 10 min in advance to set up your presentation.

9:00-10:00 Huayuan Cui (Phonetics)

“Neural Asymmetry in the Perception of South Swedish Word Accents: Evidence from Mismatch Negativity”

Supervisor: Prof. Mikael Roll

Opponent:  Ann Hermansson

Examiner: Dr. Eva Klingvall

10:30-11:30 Ekaterina Kopaeva (General Linguistics)

“Affective language processing: Modulations of event-related potentials amplitude by induced mood in a valence judgment task”

Supervisors: Dr. Johanna Blomberg, Prof. Mikael Roll

Opponent:  Huayuan Cui

Examiner: Dr. Niclas Burenhult

13:00-14:00 Andreas Källström (Chinese)

”Confucius in History and Tradition: A Historical-critical analysis of literacy in the time of Confucius”

Supervisor: Dr. Elisabet Göransson, Dr. Arthur Holmer

Opponent: Weiching Li

Examiner: Prof. Esther-Maria Guggenmos

14:30-15:30 Ravn Kirkegaard (General Linguistics)

 “Words without borders: A study of loanwords in Western Asia”

Supervisors: Dr. Niklas Erban Johansson, Filip Larsson

Opponent: Agnes Persson

Examiner: Dr. Nicole Kruspe

16:00-17:00 Weicheng Li (Chinese Linguistics)

“The Integration of Chinese Internet Neologisms into Everyday Language: An Empirical Study Using Baidu Index and Online Surveys”

Supervisors: Dr. Arthur Holmer, Dr. Meiyuan Zhang

Opponent: Andreas Källström

Examiner: Dr. Johan Blomberg