Diana Boxer
Professor of Linguistics
4131D Turlington Hall 352-392-0639 x 223
dboxer@lin.ufl.edu
Office hours
2008 Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:45-11:30AM
Spring 2008
LIN 4721
Second Language Acquisition
Spring 2008
LIN 7725
Topics in SLA
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
