Hi! I'm a linguist from the US living in Manchester with my wife Kristina, who is also on Couchsurfing. You can find her here: https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/kristina-mihajlovic-1

I work for the University of Manchester, where I am a research associate studying differences in lexical category systems (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.) across languages. When I'm not doing linguistics, I like to read, play classical guitar, take pictures of wildlife, travel with my wife, watch movies, and learn other languages (which is not actually the same thing as linguistics, believe it or not!). I'm also a huge anime and manga fan, as well as a fan of progressive rock, Indian Classical music, and Persian music, as well as poetry and literature more generally, so if you like either of those things, we'll definitely have a lot to talk about!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I was originally introduced to Couchsurfing by my wife Kristina, and we stayed with many hosts while we travelled around the US. I've found that Couchsurfing is a really great way to meet people from around the world and from all walks of life. One thing I'd like to do with Couchsurfing is to have the chance to connect with other people that I might not have been able to otherwise.

Interests

• poetry
• photography
• anime
• movies
• music
• biology
• languages
• nature
• linguistics
• manga
• classical guitar

Music, Movies, and Books

Including just the faves:

Progressive rock (King Crimson, Yes, early Genesis, etc.)
The Smiths
Indie rock and pop
Hindustani Classical Music (Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, basically anyone playing in this tradition)
Turbo-folk

The Godfather Trilogy (and pretty much any gangster/crime film)
Bollywood movies (big Aamir Khan fan)
Kung Pow, Zoolander, Austin Powers (anything really silly basically)

Old horror literature:
H.P. Lovecraft (The Call of Cthulhu, The Whisperer in Darkness, The Shadow over Innsmouth, The Color out of Space, The Shadow out of Time, the list goes on and on).
Algernon Blackwood (The Willows, the Wendigo)
Robert W. Chambers (The King in Yellow)
Arthur Machen (The Great God Pan)

Sci fi:
Margaret Atwood (Oryx & Crake, The Year of the Flood)
Stanislaw Lem (Solaris)
N.K. Jemisin (Broken Earth Trilogy)

Magical Realism:
Gabriel García Márquez (Cien años de soledad, el amor en los tiempos de cólera)
Bakhtiyar Ali (I stared at the night of the city, the last pomegranate tree)
Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses)

Poetry:
English: William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, John Milton, Robert Frost
Spanish: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Federico García Lorca, Pablo Neruda, Nicolás Guillén, Federico García Lorca

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once ran 8 miles (nearly 12.5 km), and have run a 10k with my wife. I also used to run up a mountain every now and then when I lived in Tucson.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a lot about language and languages, and I can talk pretty much endlessly about that, so if there's anything you're curious about, feel free to ask! I'm always happy to share my passion for linguistics with others.

I also play the classical guitar (finger style), and am happy to talk about that or show you how to play if you're interested!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can talk pretty much endlessly about language (there's a LOT to talk about!). I'm a pretty good Spanish speaker, so if you'd like to practice or are a native speaker I'd love to speak Spanish with you! I'm also learning a few languages and would be keen to practice those too!

Outside of language, I can tell you about life in the US and the UK, and chat about music, movies, animals, anime...you name it! I'm an open-minded person, so I'm down to learn and try new things!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, Serbia, Singapore, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States