Mary Bucholtz
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Mary Bucholtz is professor of Linguistics
at the UC Santa Barbara
. Bucholtz received her B.A. in Classics
from Grinnell College
in 1990 and her Ph.D. in Linguistics
from UC Berkeley
in 1995, and has held previous academic positions at Stanford
and Texas A&M University
. She is well-known for her contributions to research on language and identity within sociocultural linguistics
, and especially the tactics of intersubjectivity framework developed with Kira Hall
.
Bucholtz's work focuses largely on language use in the United States
, and specifically on issues of language and youth; language, gender, and sexuality; African American English; and Mexican and Chicano Spanish.
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
at the UC Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
. Bucholtz received her B.A. in Classics
Classics
Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...
from Grinnell College
Grinnell College
Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, U.S. known for its strong tradition of social activism. It was founded in 1846, when a group of pioneer New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College....
in 1990 and her Ph.D. in Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
from UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in 1995, and has held previous academic positions at Stanford
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
. She is well-known for her contributions to research on language and identity within sociocultural linguistics
Sociocultural linguistics
Sociocultural linguistics is a term used to encompass a broad range of theories and methods for the study of language in its sociocultural context. Its growing use is a response to the increasingly narrow association of the term sociolinguistics with specific types of research involving the...
, and especially the tactics of intersubjectivity framework developed with Kira Hall
Kira Hall
Kira Hall is associate professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, as well as director for the Program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice , at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Hall received her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1995 from the University of California at Berkeley, and has held...
.
Bucholtz's work focuses largely on language use in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and specifically on issues of language and youth; language, gender, and sexuality; African American English; and Mexican and Chicano Spanish.