Case Western Reserve University
Graduate Student, Cognitive Science
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Todd Oakley
Mark Turner Per Aage Brandt Fey Parrill |
About
I am a graduate student in Cognitive Linguistics at Case Western Reserve University, focusing on attention, construal, identity, and how they converge in physical space and the descriptions of space.
I am currently conducting experiments on a National Park Service Scientific Research permit. Other research includes:
• the conceptualization of wayfinding in urban environments,
• interaction with nautical charts and topographical maps,
• discourse studies of spatial language in geographic texts, and
• comparative studies of Hebrew spatial language.
Additionally, drawing on my background in anthropological linguistics I am interested in working within the Cognitive framework to contribute to the methodology of field linguistics and documenting endangered languages. I recently completed the first draft of a small guidebook on cognitive methods for documenting language. I have considerable field experience in West Africa and some experience in the South Pacific where I engaged in discourse studies and ethnographic research as an intern.
I also blog about Cognitive Linguistics at SportLinguist.com
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