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Carol Lynn Moder

Associate Professor
English Department Head
PhD Linguistics, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York


Areas of Interest & Expertise

  • Applied Linguistics & TESL
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Cognitive Linguistics
  • Language Testing

Recent Upper Division and Graduate Courses Taught

  • The Discourse of Writing
  • Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Metaphor

Selected Publications

 

Edited Volume:

Discourse Across Languages and Cultures.  (2004).  Amsterdam: John Benjamins . (with A. Martinovic-Zic).

 

Recent Articles:

"It's Like Making a Soup: Metaphors and Similes in Spoken News Discourse."   In A. Tyler (ed.) Language in the Context of Use: Cognitive Approaches to Language and Language Learning.  Mouton de Gruyter. (forthcoming) 

"Icebox Moms and Hockey Dads: Context and the Mapping of N-N Metaphorical Expressions."  In M. Achard & S. Kemmer (Eds.) Language, Culture and Mind. Stanford: CSLI Publications. (forthcoming)

"CIMARRON VALLEY: A Simulation-Based EAP Composition Curriculum."  (2002).  Simulation & Gaming, 33, 284-298. (with M.T. Seig & B. Van Den Elzen).

"Integrating a Conference Simulation into an ESL Class." (2002). Simulation & Gaming, 33, 330-344. (with G.B. Halleck & R. Damron).

"Framing the Language Proficiency Interview as Speech Event:  Native and Non-native Speakers' Questions." (1998).  In R. Young and A. He (Eds.) Language Proficiency Interviews:  A Discourse Approach (117-146).   Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (with G.B. Halleck).

Current Research & Projects

My primary research focus is the application of discourse analysis and cognitive linguistic theory to the analysis of  metaphor in everyday discourse.   
A secondary interest is the use of discourse analysis as the basis for authentic language tests and curriculum design.


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