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Diana Boxer
Professor of Linguistics
4131D Turlington Hall 352-392-0639 x 223
dboxer@ufl.edu
Office hours Fall
2008
Tuesdays & Thursdays
9:45-11:30AM
Office
hours Spring 2009
Tuesdays & Thursdays
9:30-10:30AM &
Thursdays 2:00-3:30PM
Spring
2009
LIN 4930: WST 4930
Gender and Language
Spring 2009
LIN 6720
Second Language Acquisition
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Diana Boxer
Professor of
Linguistics
As long as people are talking, the world is our laboratory.
Diana Boxer's research and teaching focuses on sociolinguistics, discourse
analysis and pragmatics, the ethnography of communication, gender and
language, second language acquisition, and general applied linguistics.
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My research and teaching focus on both adult second language acquisition
and the analysis of face-to-face discourse, or what I call "real world
linguistics." The scope of practical linguistics applications
is enormous. My theoretical work in discourse analysis and pragmatics has
given me the opportunity to study a diversity of areas including:
1) how we build solidarity with others through the way we use discourse
(e.g., complaining, commiserating, joking); 2) how language learners
can learn to use such rapport-inspiring speech to build relationships with native
speakers and thereby learn more language; 3) how gender differences in
spoken discourse affect perceptions and relationships; 4) how gendered
discourse can be perceived as sexual harassment, particularly in
intercultural interactions (e.g., between undergraduates and international
teaching assistants); 5) how language use in the workplace can create a
hostile work environment for those not in the "inner circle" (e.g.,
foreigners, women); 6) how cultural stereotypes held by
administrators and staff at universities can adversely affect foreign
students in "gate keeping encounters"; and 7) content-based
language learning.
Publications
Boxer's 2002 book is entitled, Applying Sociolinguistics: Domains
and Face-to-Face Interaction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins (2002) The book
deals with how the discourse and pragmatics of face-to-face interaction
affect all domains of life.
2004 Volume: D. Boxer and Andrew D.
Cohen, (eds.). Studying Speaking to Inform Second Language Learning.
Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.
http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/display.asp?isb=1853597201
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