Cesar Felix-Brasdefer: Cognitive Science Program: Indiana University Bloomington
Education
- Ph.D. 2002, Hispanic Linguistics, University of Minnesota
- M.S. 1998, Spanish Linguistics, Georgetown University
- M.A. 1996, Hispanic Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
- B.A. 1992, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, México
Research interests
- My research looks at issues of pragmatics and discourse analysis in first and second language contexts. I adopt a pragmatic-discursive perspective to analyze language use in social interaction. I have conducted research on various aspects of second language pragmatics such as pragmatic development, pragmatic transfer, language proficiency, assessment, and instruction. I am interested in pragmatic development in study abroad contexts as well as in immigrant contexts, such as heritage language learning. I also examine intercultural communicative competence in foreign language classrooms and study abroad programs. From a pragmatic variation perspective, I examine intra-lingual variation in different regions of the United States, Mexico, Spain, and Central America. In particular, I investigate the language of service encounters in cross-cultural and intercultural settings. I employ different research methodologies, such as the ethnographic method and a variety of experimental methods, to examine pragmatic phenomena in formal and non-formal contexts.