I am Professor of Linguistics and Director of Postgraduate Research Studies at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. My main focus is on discourse analysis, used specifically to understand how people think. I am author of “Cognitive Discourse Analysis:  An Introduction” (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and "Space, Time, and the Use of Language" (Mouton de Gruyter, 2007), co-editor of three books on linguistic representation and dialogue, and have published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles in areas of language, cognition and communication. In recent years my focus has moved from space (understanding spatial locations and relationships) to place (meaningful relationships to spaces), especially in relation to climate change.

I have always enjoyed interdisciplinary and international collaboration, within areas of cognitive or social science and beyond. Currently I am involved in SellSTEM, an international network of collaborative research led by Dublin, and in various Wales-wide endeavours and projects that address people's views on, and engagement with, environmental concerns. At Bangor, I founded and am now Director of the Places of Climate Change Research Centre (PloCC), an extensive interdisciplinary network of researchers addressing place-based aspects of climate change threats, mitigations and engagement. I am also co-leading the newly established Wales-wide WISERD network Place-based Approaches To Climate Change (PATCCh).

Dean of Research in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Email: t.tenbrink@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)1248 38 2263

Location:

Room 306, 39 College Road,

Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG, UK

• DPhil: Localising objects and events: Discoursal applicability conditions for spatiotemporal expressions in English and German
  Bremen University, 2005

I have taught modules across many areas of Linguistics as well as some in Cognitive Science. 

Within Linguistics, my main current teaching focus is related to methodology, in particular concerning the use of language but also spanning other fields. This comprises Functions of Discourse (which introduces discourse analysis on the basis of Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar), Cognitive Discourse Analysis, Research Methods in Linguistics, and Language and Communication. My teaching covers fundamental areas in Linguistics (e.g., in Foundations of Linguistics) but also draws on wider insights from Cognitive Science.

I am happy to supervise postgraduate projects in all of the areas mentioned above, in particular those that employ discourse analysis and/or address topics in areas of cognitive linguistics, communication, functional grammar, and more - just get in touch to explore!

I'm interested in how we use language, and what this tells us about our thoughts (concepts and thought processes). For this purpose I developed an empirical method, Cognitive Discourse Analysis (CODA: Tenbrink, 2015, and 2020, Cambridge University Press). Typically this means giving speakers a particular task to do in which they express their thoughts in some way, and record what they say in response. The linguistic data are then analysed by looking in detail at how language is used to express thoughts. Insights can be related to previous research on how language relates to thought - for example from theoretical cognitive linguistics or other related fields.

Much of my research has focused on how we understand and talk about our spatial environments, for instance when we try to find our way to a destination, or explain how to find an office in a complex building. More recently my focus has turned to notions of place (rather than space): how do we express in language what places mean to us, how do we relate to them, and in what ways might this be affected by the effects of (or mitigations against) climate change?  

For more information, please consult my website, knirb.net. 

I welcome enquiries from students interested in pursuing a PhD related to cognitive discourse analysis and communication.

2025

• E-pub ahead of printCut off by the tide: How Ocean Literacy can help save lives
  Morris-Webb, E. S., Austin, M., Cousens, C., Kent, N., Gosney, K. & Tenbrink, T., 9 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ocean and Society. 2, 9793.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRe-thinking people and nature interactions in urban nature-based solutions
  Jones, L., Anderson, S., Læssøe, J., Banzhaf, E., Jensen, A., Tubadji, A., Hutchins, M., Yang, J., Taylor, T., Wheeler, B., Fletcher, D., Tenbrink, T., Wilcox-Jones, L., Iversen, S., Sang, Å., Lin, T., Xu, Y., Lu, L., Levin, G. & Zandersen, M., Apr 2025, In: Sustainability. 17, 7, 3043.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSpecial Issue: Representing and Solving Spatial Problems
  Santos, P., Cabalar, P., Falomir, Z. & Tenbrink, T., 2025, In: Spatial Cognition and Computation: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 25, 1, p. 1-14
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
• PublishedTidal literacy: Public understanding and misconceptions of the tide
  Cousens, C., Kent, N., Gosney, K., Morris-Webb, L., Tenbrink, T. & Austin, M., 7 Apr 2025, 39 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

2024

• PublishedCapitalising on the Slate Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Site and the development of sustainable tourism in Northwest Wales
  Parry, S., Hanna, S., Tenbrink, T. (Contributor), Roberts, H. (Contributor) & Young, E. (Contributor), 10 Jun 2024
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report
• PublishedComparing thematic and search term-based coding in understanding sense of place in survey research
  Cotton, I., McWherter, B., Tenbrink, T. & Sherren, K., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 96, 102339.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Accepted/In pressGender in teacher-student interactions: Another factor in spatial ability development and STEM affiliation
  Gamarra Burga, E., Tenbrink, T. & Mills, D., 8 Mar 2024, (Accepted/In press) Spatial Cognition Conference Proceedings 2024. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
• PublishedMoving Figures and Grounds in music description
  Wadley, P., Tenbrink, T. & Wallington, A., 24 Jan 2024, In: Cognitive Linguistics. 35, 1, 33 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• UnpublishedPeople’s perceptions of greenspace in their local area: A national survey
  Owen, D. W., Roberts, S., Jones, L., Fletcher, D., Fitch, A. & Tenbrink, T., 2024, (Unpublished).
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2023

• PublishedA multifaceted framework to establish the presence of meaning in non-human communication
  Amphaeris, J., Blumstein, D., Shannon, G., Tenbrink, T. & Kershenbaum, A., 20 Jun 2023, In: Biological Reviews. 98, 6, p. 1887-1909 23 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedBritish and Irish newspapers implicitly support single-use masks over reusable face coverings
  Auge, A., Tenbrink, T., Spear, M. & Abrams, N., Oct 2023, In: Frontiers in Communication. 8, 15 p., 1256349.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Accepted/In pressCognitive Discourse Analysis
  Tenbrink, T., 5 Apr 2023, (Accepted/In press) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Cognitive Linguistics. Wen, X. & Sinha, C. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
• UnpublishedCommunity perceptions of new greenspace interventions: a case study in Rhyl in North Wales: Report to Denbighshire County Council
  Roberts, S. & Tenbrink, T., 15 Dec 2023, (Unpublished) 52 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report
• PublishedCommunity perceptions of new greenspace interventions: the case of Rhyl in North Wales
  Roberts, S. & Tenbrink, T., 11 Sept 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• PublishedEnhancing community involvement in low-carbon projects: a study of northwest Wales climate assemblies
  Roberts, S., Tenbrink, T. & Peisley, G., 2023, Bangor University. 35 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report
• PublishedHow branding can show people’s love for a place and also help to highlight local challenges
  Hanna, S. & Tenbrink, T., 29 Mar 2023, The Conversation.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
• PublishedPlace attachment and perception of climate change as a threat in rural and urban areas
  Tenbrink, T. & Willcock, S., 6 Sept 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 9, e0290354.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSpatial Language in Map Tasks: A classroom observation
  Gamarra Burga, E. & Tenbrink, T., 22 Jun 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• PublishedSpatiotemporal Reference Frames: Location and Orientation
  Tenbrink, T., 11 Oct 2023, Handbook of Cognitive Semantics. Li, T. (ed.). Brill, p. 3-23 (Brill's Handbooks in Linguistics; vol. 4/3).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2022

• PublishedCommunicating the space of sailing
  Tenbrink, T., 2 Jun 2022, The Sailing Mind. Casati, R. (ed.). Springer, p. 73-88 16 p. (Studies in Brain and Mind; vol. 19).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedEvaluating Jesus and other “heroes”: An application of appraisal analysis to Hellenistic Greek texts in the “Lives” genre
  Lamb, D. A. & Tenbrink, T., 2022, In: Language, Context and Text. 4, 2, p. 227-258
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIeithoedd a ffyrdd o feddwl
  Tenbrink, T., 2022, Gwerddon Fach.
  Research output: Other contribution
• PublishedLinguistic expression of place appreciation in English and Welsh: A case study in North Wales
  Tenbrink, T. & Williams, A. J., 20 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Spatial Information Science. 24, p. 87-114 28 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLinguistic spatial reference systems across domains: How people talk about space in sailing, dancing, and other specialist areas
  Tenbrink, T., 20 Jan 2022, In: Linguistics Vanguard. 8, S1, p. 151-159
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOverlap not Gap: Understanding the Relationship between Animal Communication and Language with Prototype Theory
  Amphaeris, J., Shannon, G. & Tenbrink, T., Jun 2022, In: Lingua. 272, 103332.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSpeaking of Location: Understanding, Interpreting and Generating Natural Language
  Stock, K. (Editor), Jones, C. (Editor) & Tenbrink, T. (Editor), Oct 2022, In: Spatial Cognition and Computation: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 22, 3-4
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
• PublishedSpeaking of Location: A Review of Spatial Language Research
  Stock, K., Jones, C. & Tenbrink, T., 2 Oct 2022, In: Spatial Cognition and Computation: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 22, 3-4, p. 185-224
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• PublishedSyntax and object types contribute in different ways to bilinguals’ comprehension of spatial descriptions
  Foltz, A., Martín-Gascón, B., Silva Marytsch, F. P., Olloqui Redondo, J. & Tenbrink, T., Dec 2022, In: Language and Cognition. 14, 4, p. 645-671
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedCognitive Linguistics Support for the Evolution of Language from Animal Cognition
  Amphaeris, J., Shannon, G. & Tenbrink, T., Jul 2021.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• Published“Omnibus”: A cross-modal experience between translation and adaptation
  Tenbrink, T. & Lawrence, K., Jan 2021, In: JoSTrans: Journal of Specialised Translation. 35, p. 186-208
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedCognitive Discourse Analysis: An Introduction
  Tenbrink, T., 31 Jan 2020, Cambridge University Press. 275 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
• PublishedCognitive focus affects spatial decisions under conditions of uncertainty
  Tenbrink, T., Taylor, H., Brunye, T. T., Gagnon, S. & Gardony, A. L., May 2020, In: Cognitive Processing. 21, 2, p. 287-302
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMedia Bias: A Corpus-based Linguistic Analysis of Online Iranian Coverage of the Syrian Revolution
  Algamde, A. & Tenbrink, T., 24 Nov 2020, In: Open Linguistics. 6, 1, p. 584–600
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPragmatic and Conversational Features of Arabic-Speaking Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Examining performance and caregivers’ perceptions
  Almehmadi, W., Tenbrink, T. & Sanoudaki, E., 20 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 63, 7, p. 2308-2321
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWhat spatial environments mean
  Tenbrink, T., Jun 2020, In: Journal of Spatial Information Science. 20, p. 57-63
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedEffects of animacy and linguistic construction on the interpretation of spatial descriptions in English and Spanish
  Olloqui-Redondo, J., Tenbrink, T. & Foltz, A., 21 Jun 2019, In: Language and Cognition. 11, 2 (Special Issue on Iconicity), p. 256-284
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe language of architectural diagrams
  Tenbrink, T., Conroy Dalton, R. & Williams, A. J., Sept 2019, COSIT 2019 : 14th Conference on Spatial Information Theory. Timpf, S., Schlieder, C., Kattenbeck, M., Ludwig, B. & Stewart, K. (eds.). Dagstuhl Publishing, p. 17:1-17:14
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2018

• PublishedCued by what we see and hear: Spatial reference frame use in language
  Coventry, K. R., Andonova, E., Tenbrink, T., Gudde, H. & Engelhardt, P., 13 Aug 2018, In: Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition. 9, 1287.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDynamic strategy selection in collaborative spatial tasks
  Galati, A., Panagiotou, E., Tenbrink, T. & Avraamides, M. N., Aug 2018, In: Discourse Processes. 55, 8, p. 643-665
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFictive Motion in the Context of Mountaineering
  Egorova, E., Tenbrink, T. & Purves, R. S., 2018, In: Spatial Cognition and Computation: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 18, 4, p. 259-284
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNatural language and geography
  Tenbrink, T., 27 Apr 2018, Handbook of Behavioral and Cognitive Geography. Montello, D. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
• PublishedObject orientation in dialogue: A case study of spatial inference processes
  Schole, G., Tenbrink, T., Andonova, E. & Coventry, K. R., 2018, Spatial Cognition XI : 11th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2018, Tübingen, Germany, September 5-8, 2018, Proceedings. Creem-Regehr, S., Schöning, J. & Klippel, A. (eds.). Springer, p. 92-106 (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; vol. 11034).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
• PublishedSculptors, architects, and painters conceive of depicted spaces differently
  Cialone, C., Tenbrink, T. & Spiers, H., Mar 2018, In: Cognitive Science. 42, 2, p. 524-553
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedCogSci 2017: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
  Gunzelmann, G. (Editor), Howes, A. (Editor), Tenbrink, T. (Editor) & Davelaar, E. (Editor), Aug 2017. 3999 p.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
• PublishedCommunicative success in spatial dialogue: The impact of functional features and dialogue strategies
  Tenbrink, T., Andonova, E., Schole, G. & Coventry, K. R., 1 Jun 2017, In: Language and Speech. 60, 2, p. 318-329
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDiscovering spatiotemporal concepts in discourse
  Tenbrink, T., Jun 2017, The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics. Dancygier, B. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 669-683 (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedPlace as location categories: Learning from language
  Davies, C. & Tenbrink, T., Oct 2017, Proceedings of Workshops and Posters at the 13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017). Springer, p. 217-225 (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
• PublishedSailing: Cognition, Action, Communication
  Tenbrink, T. & Dylla, F., 31 Aug 2017, In: Journal of Spatial Information Science. 15, p. 3-33
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSituated interaction with a smart environment: Challenges and opportunities
  Tenbrink, T., Aug 2017, In: KI - Künstliche Intelligenz. 31, 3, p. 257-264
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

2016

• PublishedEfficiently connecting textual and visual information in operating instructions
  Tenbrink, T. & Maas, A., 29 Jan 2016, In: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.. 58, 4, p. 346 - 366
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFrames of Reference
  Tenbrink, T., 26 Dec 2016, Encyclopedia of GIS. Shekbar, S., Xiong, H. & Zhou, X. (eds.). 2 ed. Springer
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedOrientation and metacognition in virtual space
  Tenbrink, T. & Salwiczek, L., 1 May 2016, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 42, 5, p. 683-705
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTime will not help unskilled observers to understand a cluttered spatial scene
  Tenbrink, T., Bergmann, E., Hertzberg, C. & Gondorf, C., 20 Jan 2016, In: Spatial Cognition and Computation: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 16, 3, p. 192-219
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedChoose Your Words Wisely: What Verbal Hesitation Indicates About Eyewitness Accuracy
  Thomas, A., Chen, C., Gordon, L. & Tenbrink, T., 3 Aug 2015, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCognitive Discourse Analysis: accessing cognitive representations and processes through language data
  Tenbrink, T., Mar 2015, In: Language and Cognition. 7, 1, p. 98-137
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedConceptual Transformation and Cognitive Processes in Origami Paper Folding
  Tenbrink, T. & Taylor, H. A., 7 Jul 2015, In: Journal of Problem Solving. 8, 1
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWhere Snow is a Landmark: Route Direction Elements in Alpine Contexts
  Egorova, E., Tenbrink, T. & Purves, R. S., 12 Oct 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2014

• PublishedBoundaries and Prototypes in Categorizing Direction
  Mast, V., Wolter, D., Klippel, A., Wallgrun, J. O., Tenbrink, T., Freksa, C. (Editor), Nebel, B. (Editor), Hegarty, M. (Editor) & Barkowsky, T. (Editor), 15 Sept 2014, Spatial Cognition IX: Lecturers Notes in Computer Science. 2014 ed. Springer, p. 92-107
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedCognition and Communication in Architectural Design
  Tenbrink, T., Hoelscher, C., Tsigaridi, D., Conroy Dalton, R., Montello, D. R. (Editor) & Grossner, K. E. (Editor), 21 Dec 2014, Space in Mind: Concepts for Spatial Learning and Education. MIT Press, p. 263-280
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedCognitive Discourse Analysis for MPC: analysing verbalised thoughts and communicative practices in MPC related research
  Tenbrink, T., 29 Jan 2014.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedCognitive Discourse Analysis for visual imagery and creativity
  Tenbrink, T., 21 Jun 2014.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedCognitive Discourse Analysis: A Method for Addressing Cognitive Processes and Concepts
  Tenbrink, T., 18 Jun 2014.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe CatFramework for Spatial Semantics
  Klippel, A., Wallgrün, J., Mast, V., Tenbrink, T. & Wolter, D., 12 Sept 2014.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedWhere did it come from, where do you go? Direction sources influence navigation decisions during spatial uncertainty
  Brunyé, T. T., Gagnon, S. A., Gardony, A. L., Gopal, N. H., Taylor, H. A. & Tenbrink, T., 6 Oct 2014, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 68, 3, p. 585-607
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedAnnotation of negotiation processes in joint action dialogues
  Tenbrink, T., Eberhard, K., Shi, H., Kubler, S. & Scheutz, M., 1 Jul 2013, In: Dialogue and Discourse. 4, 2, p. 185-214
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCognitive Operations in Tour Planning
  Seifert, I., Tenbrink, T., Tenbrink, T. (Editor), Wiener, J. M. (Editor) & Claramunt, C. (Editor), 31 Oct 2013, Representing Space in Cognition Interrelations of behaviour, language, and formal models. p. Chapter 8
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedRepresenting Space in Cognition: Interrelations of behaviour, language, and formal models
  Tenbrink, T., Tenbrink, T. (Editor), Wiener, J. M. (Editor) & Claramunt, C. (Editor), 31 Oct 2013, Oxford University Press.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedSpatial Information Theory : 11th International Conference, COSIT 2013, Scarborough, UK, September 2-6, 2013. Proceedings
  Tenbrink, T. (Editor), Stell, J. (Editor) & Galton, A. W. (Editor), 2 Sept 2013, Springer.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedSuccessful strategies for ambiguity resolution in dialogue
  Schole, G., Tenbrink, T., Andonova, E. & Coventry, K., 16 Dec 2013.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe spatial thinking of origami: evidence from think-aloud protocols
  Taylor, H. & Tenbrink, T., 12 Feb 2013, In: Cognitive Processing. 14, 2, p. 189-191
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published‘This is a wall’ – Assigning Function to Objects
  Gralla, L. & Tenbrink, T., 31 Jul 2013.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2012

• PublishedSpatial directionals for robot navigation
  Winterboer, A., Tenbrink, T., Moratz, R., Dimitrova-Vulchanova, M. (Editor) & Zee, E. V. (Editor), 29 Nov 2012, Motion Encoding in Language and Space. Oxford University Press, p. 84-101
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedThe Role of Structure and Function in the Conceptualization of Directions
  Klippel, A., Tenbrink, T., Montello, D. & Dimitrova-Vulchanova, M. Z. (Editor), 29 Nov 2012, Motion Encoding in Language and Space. Oxford University Press, p. 102-120
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedVisual versus verbal location information on the iPhone
  Juhasz, O. E., Tenbrink, T. & Grueter, B., 20 Apr 2012, In: Kunestliche Intelligenz. 26, 2, p. 183-186
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedReference frames of space and time in language
  Tenbrink, T., 1 Feb 2011, In: Journal of Pragmatics. 43, 3, p. 704-722
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSpatial Strategies in the Description of Complex Configurations
  Tenbrink, T., Coventry, K. R. & Andonova, E., 2 May 2011, In: Discourse Processes. 48, 4, p. 237-266
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWould you follow your own route description? Cognitive strategies in urban route planning
  Hölscher, C., Tenbrink, T. & Wiener, J. M., 1 Nov 2011, In: Cognition. 121, 2, p. 228-247
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedA linguistic ontology of space for natural language processing
  Bateman, J. A., Hois, J., Ross, R. & Tenbrink, T., 1 Sept 2010, In: Artificial Intelligence. 174, 14, p. 1027-1071
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2025

• Beyond physical robots: How to achieve joint spatial reference with a smart environment

  Keynote talk

  15 Dec 2025

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Exploring European Cultural Heritage research networks and opportunities

  Organised by WHEB with support from WAHA and WIN, to support networking between Wales Universities and European partners in the area of Resilient Cultural Heritage.

  5 Mar 2025 – 6 Mar 2025

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
• The role of discourse and place attachment in climate change research

  8 Jan 2025

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2024

• WIN Network workshop: Sustainable Food Cymru

  WIN Network: Sustainable Food Cymru Workshop at UWTSD

  10 Sep 2024 – 11 Sep 2024

  Links:

  • https://bridges.earth/projects/sustainable-food-cymru/1
  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)
• Selling Sustainability

  Using enterprise thinking to promote the benefits of sustainability to our community

  3 May 2024

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor)
• The Value of Greenspace for Health and Well-being

  This workshop was an opportunity to consider the connection of public health and local greenspace, sharing insights, findings and perspectives. We explored needs,

  priorities, perceptions and preferences of stakeholders including Local Council officers and facilitators of community initiatives and discussed these alongside relevant academic expertise.

  Our guiding question for the day was:

  “What do people across various levels of experience think about managing greenspace on a local council level, through the lens of health and wellbeing?”

  26 Feb 2024

  Links:

  • https://www.bangor.ac.uk/plocc
  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Organiser)

2023

• Global Issue, Local Action: The GwyrddNi Community Assemblies on the Climate

  28 Jun 2023

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
• Warning to beach goers about the threat of tidal cut off

  Initial findings of a UK and Irish survey of public understanding of the tide, found that 38% of the British public were unaware that the tide typically comes in twice a day. A surprising 15% of the public have some experience of being cut off by the tide.

  Bangor University and RNLI press releases, aiming to warn people about tidal cut off around the extreme tides over Easter weekend were picked up by several TV and radio outlets.

  BBC Wales news (audio) MediaView (tveyes.com)

  S4C News (video) MediaView (tveyes.com)

  ITV News (video uploaded here)

  BBC Radio Cymru (interview with Prof Thora Tenbrink)

  5 Apr 2023

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
• Cognitive Discourse Analysis

  10 Jan 2023

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2022

• Why talking about places matters in times of climate change

  20 Oct 2022

  Links:

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avJJXaJQxfc&list=PL4xPfJG-Mbo4LvhL3rtVptHETgLU6w0GX&index=9&t=6s
  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Five ways to tell if someone is an expert, or just confident - from an actual expert

  22 Aug 2022 →

  Links:

  • https://theconversation.com/five-ways-to-tell-if-someone-is-an-expert-or-just-confident-from-an-actual-expert-188244
  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
• China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics

  Invitation to present a series of 10 lectures to a large audience in Beijing, with subsequent publication as a monograph in the Brill series “Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics”

  Aug 2022 – 2023

  Links:

  • http://cifcl.buaa.edu.cn
  • https://brill.com/view/serial/DLCL
  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• BU-IIA Funded Project: Cut Off By Tide

  Project abstract: Every year, hundreds of lifeboat and lifeguard operations occur to rescue coastal users who have become cut off by tide. Despite the RNLI’s best efforts there are still multiple fatalities.

  Ultimately, to reduce the number of emergencies a deeper understanding of the reasons why coastal users become exposed to this hazard is required. This project will address this by looking at people’s concepts and understanding of the tide. Our goal is to help the RNLI develop precautionary measures in a more targeted way, responding directly to coastal users’ conceptual needs.

  For instance, people will naturally generalise from previous experiences with the tide, not realising that tidal movements can differ radically between places and at different times. Furthermore, they will normally expect that the water will come in straight to the shore, not diagonally or in a curved or irregular fashion; they expect tide to come in quite slowly, and to be able to simply walk back on the sandbanks to the shore. However, the tide rarely just uniformly advances and retreats across a beach. Instead, it will initially flow laterally along channels and around sandbanks, cutting them off from the mainland and removing any safe route back to land.

  Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £11,514

  1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2023

  Activity: Other (Contributor)
• Contribution to the Technical Advisory Group: Consensus statement on face masks for the public report.

  Advice on the use of face coverings or masks by the public after the peak of the Omicron wave. Work for AHRC grant quoted in Welsh Government report

  11 Mar 2022

  Links:

  • https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2022-03/technical-advisory-group-consensus-statement-on-face-masks-for-the-public.pdf#:~:text=Technical%20Advisory%20Group%20Consensus%20statement%20on%20face%20masks,public%20after%20the%20peak%20of%20the%20Omicron%20wave.
  Activity: Other (Contributor)

2021

• Mask wearing wasn’t disputed in previous crises – so why is it so hotly contested today?

  25 Nov 2021

  Links:

  • https://theconversation.com/mask-wearing-wasnt-disputed-in-previous-crises-so-why-is-it-so-hotly-contested-today-171536
  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
• The language of place

  Invited talk at the Reginald Golledge Distinguished Lectureship

  21 Oct 2021

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Will mask wearing still be common in Britain after the pandemic is over?

  6 Aug 2021

  Links:

  • https://theconversation.com/will-mask-wearing-still-be-common-in-britain-after-the-pandemic-is-over-165210
  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

2020

• Representing and Solving Spatial Problems

  Fully funded 5-day seminar awarded to Paulo Santos, Pedro Fernandez, Christian Freksa, and Thora Tenbrink.

  19 Apr 2020 – 24 Apr 2020

  Links:

  • https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/program/dagstuhl-seminars/
  Activity: Other (Organiser)

2019

• Keynote Talk

  5 Sep 2019

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Language and Space: How we structure our world when we talk

  24 Apr 2019

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Cognitive Discourse Analysis

  Invited Lecture and Seminar on CODA

  10 Apr 2019

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2018

• How our language reveals how we understand the world – and who we are

  Invited talk

  28 Nov 2018

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Linguistic spatial reference systems across everyday domains: How people talk about space in sailing, dancing, and horse riding

  Invited talk in the Symposium "From fieldwork to modelling: Explaining the variability of linguistic spatial referencing systems"

  12 Sep 2018

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Language as a representation of spatial thinking: exploring everyday domains

  2 Jul 2018

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Tutorial at the Diagrams 2018 conference

  18 Jun 2018

  Links:

  • http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/
  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Organiser)
• How our language reveals how we understand the world – and who we are

  24 May 2018

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Language as a representation of spatial thinking: exploring everyday domains

  Invited talk, Symposium on "Space in Text, Language, Mind: An Interdisciplinary Discussion", Department of Geography.

  13 Apr 2018

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2017

• Analysing discourse relations in natural language: The case of space and time

  Invited talk, Cognitive linguistics research seminar series

  7 Dec 2017

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• BBC Radio Wales - Science Café episode

  Synesthesia and thinking differently

  22 Aug 2017

  Links:

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09232q1
  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
• COGSCI

  Thora Tenbrink was one of the main organisers of this event.

  26 Jul 2017 – 29 Jul 2017

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)
• Artists and architects think differently to everyone else – you only have to hear them talk

  11 Jul 2017

  Links:

  • https://theconversation.com/artists-and-architects-think-differently-to-everyone-else-you-only-have-to-hear-them-talk-80505
  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
• Cognitive Discourse Analysis of spatiotemporal reference frames in natural discourse

  Invited talk

  6 Apr 2017

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2016

• What your language reveals about your mind: Cognitive Discourse Analysis

  Invited research seminar talk

  23 Nov 2016

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Symposium Celebrating 25 Years of Cognitive Science

  Cognitive Discourse Analysis

  25 Sep 2016

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)
• Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society

  Tenbrink, Thora. 2016. Verbalizing navigation: Explicit and implicit concepts.

  13 Aug 2016

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
• Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society

  Full-day tutorial: Analysing discourse relations in natural language: The case of space and time.

  10 Aug 2016

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Organiser)
• Spatial Cognition Conference

  My contribution: Tenbrink, Thora and Taylor, Holly A. (2016) How cultural background affects running route descriptions. Spatial Cognition Conference, Philadelphia, USA, August 2-5, 2016.

  2 Aug 2016 – 6 Aug 2016

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
• External examiner for PhD viva

  28 Jul 2016

  Activity: Examination (Examiner)
• Cognitive Linguistics Conference

  18 Jul 2016 – 22 Jul 2016

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)
• Interview for the 'Wayfinding' episode of the series 'Digital Human'

  The episode was broadcast twice (once in April and once in August 2016)

  25 Apr 2016

  Links:

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0785rmt
  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Interviewee)
• Cognitive Discourse Analysis of Spatiotemporal Reference Frames in Natural Language Use

  Invited lecture and workshop on New paths of Research in Linguistics

  18 Jan 2016

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Cognitive Discourse Analysis

  Linguistisches Kolloquium, Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften

  13 Jan 2016

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2015

• We need to make digital navigation tools more human – here’s how

  We need to make digital navigation tools more human – here’s how

  15 Dec 2015

  Links:

  • https://theconversation.com/we-need-to-make-digital-navigation-tools-more-human-heres-how-52021
  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Presenter)
• Cognitive Discourse Analysis

  Invited guest lecture

  26 Nov 2015

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Cognitive Discourse Analysis and Discourse Relations

  24 Nov 2015

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Invited speaker)

• Financial analysis of the impact of overweight and obesity on Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and overview of the impact of potential mitigation scenarios

  01/11/2024 – 15/04/2025 (Finished)

• The Community Open Map Platform for Future Generations: Charting the green transition on the Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn (COMP)

  01/03/2024 – 15/10/2025 (Active)

• Rural Wales Local Policy and Innovation Partnership (Rural Wales LPIP Phase 2)

  01/01/2024 – 15/01/2027 (Active)

• Rural Wales LPIP

  01/04/2023 – 10/08/2024 (Finished)

• Community perceptions of new greenspace interventions in a deprived area

  01/12/2022 – 11/08/2024 (Finished)

• Places of Climate Change PLoCC workshop

  01/01/2022 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

• SellSTEM

  01/01/2021 – 31/12/2199 (Active)

EU Project: Enhancing spatial ability to help close the gender gap in STEM Press release

Consortium member of EU project 956124: SellSTEM, EU H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020 Consortium initiated by Dr. Gavin Duffy, Dublin. Title: Spatial thinking in STEM learning: Training a new generation of researchers to increase enrolment and gender balance in STEM learning by addressing deficits in spatial ability among children in Europe. Duration: January 2021 - December 2024.