Professor Thora Tenbrink
Professor in Linguistics

Contact info
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
- 2025
- Accepted/In press
Re-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., 26 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Sustainability.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Special 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. 1-14Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
- 2024
- Published
Capitalising 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 2024Research output: Book/Report › Other report
- Published
Comparing 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 press
Gender 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
- Published
Moving 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
- Unpublished
People’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Owen, D. W., Roberts, S., Jones, L., Fletcher, D., Fitch, A. & Tenbrink, T., 2024, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review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
- Unpublished
Community 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
- Published
Spatiotemporal 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
- Published
British 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
- Published
Community 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
- Published
Place 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
- Published
Spatial Language in Map Tasks: A classroom observation
Gamarra Burga, E. & Tenbrink, T., 22 Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
- Published
A 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
- Accepted/In press
Cognitive Discourse Analysis
Tenbrink, T., 5 Apr 2023, (Accepted/In press) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Cognitive Linguistics. Wen, X. & Sinha, C. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
- Published
How 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
- Published
Enhancing 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
- 2022
- Published
Syntax 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. 645-671Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Speaking 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. 185-224Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
- Published
Speaking 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, 3-4Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
- Published
Linguistic 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
- Published
Communicating 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
- Published
Overlap 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
- Published
Linguistic 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. 151-159Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Evaluating 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. 227-258Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
- 2021
- Published
Cognitive 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. 186-208Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2020
- Published
Media 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. 584–600Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Pragmatic 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. 2308-2321Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
What spatial environments mean
Tenbrink, T., Jun 2020, In: Journal of Spatial Information Science. 20, p. 57-63Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Cognitive 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. 287-302Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Cognitive Discourse Analysis: An Introduction
Tenbrink, T., 31 Jan 2020, Cambridge University Press. 275 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
- 2019
- Published
The 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. 17:1-17:14Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
- Published
Effects 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. 256-284Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2018
- Published
Cued 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
- Published
Dynamic strategy selection in collaborative spatial tasks
Galati, A., Panagiotou, E., Tenbrink, T. & Avraamides, M. N., Aug 2018, In: Discourse Processes. 55, 8, p. 643-665Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Natural language and geography
Tenbrink, T., 27 Apr 2018, Handbook of Behavioral and Cognitive Geography. Montello, D. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing LtdResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
- Published
Sculptors, architects, and painters conceive of depicted spaces differently
Cialone, C., Tenbrink, T. & Spiers, H., Mar 2018, In: Cognitive Science. 42, 2, p. 524-553Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Fictive 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. 259-284Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Object 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
- 2017
- Published
Place 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
- Published
Sailing: Cognition, Action, Communication
Tenbrink, T. & Dylla, F., 31 Aug 2017, In: Journal of Spatial Information Science. 15, p. 3-33Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
CogSci 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
- Published
Situated interaction with a smart environment: Challenges and opportunities
Tenbrink, T., Aug 2017, In: KI - Künstliche Intelligenz. 31, 3, p. 257-264Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
- Published
Communicative 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. 318-329Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Discovering 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
- 2016
- Published
Frames of Reference
Tenbrink, T., 26 Dec 2016, Encyclopedia of GIS. Shekbar, S., Xiong, H. & Zhou, X. (eds.). 2 ed. SpringerResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- Published
Orientation and metacognition in virtual space
Tenbrink, T. & Salwiczek, L., 1 May 2016, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 42, 5, p. 683-705Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Efficiently 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 - 366Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review