Carol Moder
Professor
PhD Linguistics, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Areas of Interest
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Applied Linguistics & TESL
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Discourse Analysis
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Cognitive Linguistics
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Language Testing
Recent Courses Taught
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Cognitive Discourse Analysis
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Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Metaphor
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Descriptive Linguistics
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Studies In English Grammar
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Usage-based Second Language Acquisition
Selected Publications
Edited Volume:
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Discourse Across Languages and Cultures. (2004). Amsterdam: John Benjamins . (with A. Martinovic-Zic).
Recent Articles:
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"Two puzzle pieces: Fitting Discourse Context and Constructions into Cognitive Metaphor Theory." (2010) English Text Construction , 3(2), 294-320.
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"Form, Discourse & Construction: American English like NP." (2010). In F. Parrill, V. Tobin, & M. Turner (Eds.).Meaning, Form & Body (pp.203-22), Stanford: CSLI Publications.
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with Gene Halleck . "Planes, Politics, and Oral Proficiency." (2009). Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 32 (3), 25.1-25.16..
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"It's like making a soup: Metaphors and similes in spoken news discourse." (2008). In A. Tyler, Y. Kim, & M. Takada (Eds.), Language in the Context of Use: Discourse and cognitive approaches to language (pp.301-320). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
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"Icebox moms and hockey dads: Context and the mapping of N-N metaphorical expressions." (2004). In M. Achard & S. Kemmer (Eds.) Language, Culture and Mind. Stanford: CSLI Publications, pp.109-121.
Research
My primary research focus is the application of discourse analysis and cognitive linguistic theory to the analysis of constructions and metaphorical expressions in everyday discourse.
A secondary interest is the use of cognitive discourse analysis as the basis for the
development of authentic language teaching and testing materials.
“The Play of Modes, the Emergence of Meaning: Reading New Media Scholarship.”
The Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2013
“The Law of Play and Infringing Avatars”
Computers and Writing, 2012
“We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For”: Timelessness in Digital Cinema.”
The Eighth Triennial Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society, 2011
“Luke Gofannon Loves Third Base: Playing with Spalding in Philip Roth’s “The Great American Novel”
30th Annual SW/TX PCA/ACA Pop Culture Conference, 2009