Diana Boxer
List of John Benjamins publications in which Diana Boxer is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2213-1272 | E‑ISSN 2213‑1280
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.
Discourse, Politics and Women as Global Leaders
Edited by John Wilson and Diana Boxer
Discourse, Politics and Women as Global Leaders focuses on the discourse practices of women in global political leadership. It provides a series of discursive studies of women in positions of political leadership. ‘Political leadership’ is defined as achieving a senior position within a political… read more[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 63] 2015. vi, 360 pp.
Applying Sociolinguistics: Domains and face-to-face interaction
Diana Boxer
Diana Boxers Applying Sociolinguistics: Domains and Face-to-Face Interaction is an up-to-date overview of discourse studies in oral interaction. Its focus is on encounters in the various spheres of life: family, educational, social, religious, and work, with an additional chapter on cross-cultural… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 15] 2002. xii, 245 pp.
2018 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 | Chapter
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
2018 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 | Article
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
2018 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 | Introduction
2015 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 | Article
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
2015 Discourse, politics and women Discourse, Politics and Women as Global Leaders, Wilson, John and Diana Boxer (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Article
2015 Conclusion: Women as political leaders: What now? Discourse, Politics and Women as Global Leaders, Wilson, John and Diana Boxer (eds.), pp. 345–352 | Article
2013 Strong disagreement in Mandarin and ELFP: Aggressive or politic? Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 1:2, pp. 194–224 | Article
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
2012 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 | Article
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
2010 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 | Article
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