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Petra Shenk
B.A. 2001, Linguistics, University of Oregon
M.A. 2004, Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara
The relationships between language and social ideologies; Spanish/English bilingualism; prosody, syntax, pragmatics interface; interactional and discursive processes of authentication; stance theory; Language and the environment.

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Historical conflict in present-day interaction: Decision making and identity in Pacific Northwest salmon and water rights discourse
  • The syntactic and interactional importance of prosody in Spanish/English bilingual discourse
  • Will the real Mexican please stand up? Constructing ethnic identities via authenticating discourse

PUBLICATIONS

  • Shenk, Petra Scott. 2007. "'I'm Mexican, Remember?': Constructing Ethnic
    Identities via Authenticating Discourse". Journal of Sociolinguistics 11,
    2: 194-220
  • Shenk, Petra. 2006. “The Interactional and Syntactic Importance of Prosody
    in Spanish/English Bilingual Discourse”. International Journal of
    Bilingualism. 10, 2:179-205