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Robert B. Dewell

Associate Professor of German

Ph.D. in German Philology, Tulane University, 1975
B.A. Davidson College, 1968
Further studies at Philipps-Universität Marburg, 1966-67, 1972-73

Robert Dewell has been teaching German language, German cultural history, and linguistics (The Role of Language) at Loyola since 1976. He served as Department Chair from 1982 to 1987 and again from 2005 to 2007. He was Director of the Ross Foreign Language Center from 1988 to 1993, and coordinated Loyola in Berlin from 2001 to 2004. In 1997 he received the Excellence in Teaching Award for the College of Arts and Sciences.

His primary research interest is German linguistics, particularly in the area of cognitive semantics. His recent publications include "Dynamic Patterns of CONTAINMENT", "Moving around: The role of the conceptualizer in semantic interpretation," "Moving over: The role of systematic semantic processes in defining individual lexemes," and "Why Monday comes before Tuesday: The role of a non-deictic conceptualizer."

Updated September 18, 2006