Diana Boxer
List of John Benjamins publications for which Diana Boxer plays a role.
Journal
Titles
Closeness and conflict: The discourse of domestic discord across English and Spanish-speaking communities
Edited by Diana Boxer and María Elena Placencia
Special issue of Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 6:2 (2018) v, 174 pp.
Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Discourse, Politics and Women as Global Leaders
Edited by John Wilson and Diana Boxer
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 63] 2015. vi, 360 pp.
Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Applying Sociolinguistics: Domains and face-to-face interaction
Diana Boxer
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 15] 2002. xii, 245 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Articles
Chapter 3. Senior confessions: Narratives of self-disclosure Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition: Studies in the tradition of Andrea Tyler, Pickering, Lucy and Vyvyan Evans (eds.), pp. 63–82
2018 This study is an ethnographic analysis of narratives of self-disclosure in the context of recurring happy hour events among “the new old” – people in their sixties who are recently retired or who are about to do so. The storytellers herein share recollections that divulge past transgressions,… read more | Chapter
Bickering: A conflict speech behavior of close social distance Closeness and conflict: The discourse of domestic discord across English and Spanish-speaking communities, Boxer, Diana and María Elena Placencia (eds.), pp. 177–202
2018 This paper studies a speech behavior commonly referred to as “bickering,” which occurs primarily among interlocutors of close social distance (e.g. partners, spouses, siblings, roommates). Using ethnographic methodology, the study analyzes 100 naturally occurring sequences of familial conflict… read more | Article
Introduction: Closeness and conflict Closeness and conflict: The discourse of domestic discord across English and Spanish-speaking communities, Boxer, Diana and María Elena Placencia (eds.), pp. 167–176
2018 Introduction
Chapter 2. Breaking the glass & keeping the ceiling: Women presidents’ discursive practices in Latin America Discourse, Politics and Women as Global Leaders, Wilson, John and Diana Boxer (eds.), pp. 43–66
2015 During the last half of the 20th century grass root women’s movements have been instrumental in the transition to democracy in Latin America. These social movements were followed by an increased political representation of women at the congressional level, and within the last few decades, six women… read more | Article
Discourse, politics and women Discourse, Politics and Women as Global Leaders, Wilson, John and Diana Boxer (eds.), pp. 1–18
2015 Article
Conclusion: Women as political leaders: What now? Discourse, Politics and Women as Global Leaders, Wilson, John and Diana Boxer (eds.), pp. 345–352
2015 Article
Strong disagreement in Mandarin and ELFP: Aggressive or politic? Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 1:2, pp. 194–224
2013 This paper calls for the integration of first order and second order approaches in (im)politeness studies. Most previous research on the (im)politeness of Chinese speech behavior has been based on researchers’ interpretations and second order investigations. However, this study included a first… read more | Article
Chapter 4. Disagreement and sociolinguistic variables: English as a Lingua Franca of Practice in China Pragmatic Variation in First and Second Language Contexts: Methodological issues, Félix-Brasdefer, J. César and Dale Koike (eds.), pp. 113–140
2012 This study analyzes Mandarin speakers’ disagreement behavior in English as a Lingua Franca of Practice (ELFP) at “English Corners” in a Mainland China city. It focuses on the extent of participants’ disagreement behavior covariation with seven sociolinguistic variables. Qualitative and quantitative… read more | Article
Complaints: How to gripe and establish rapport Speech Act Performance: Theoretical, empirical and methodological issues, Martínez-Flor, Alicia and Esther Usó-Juan (eds.), pp. 163–178
2010 The speech act of complaint actually consists of two very different types of speech behaviours. While direct complaints are usually face threatening acts, indirect complaints typically serve to establish solidarity in social interaction. Little attention has been paid in the literature to indirect… read more | Article