Education

Ph.D., Georgetown University, 1999

M.A., University of Utah, 1992

B.A., University of Utah, 1990

Research Interests

Dr. Kendall’s Scholars@TAMU Profile

• Discourse analysis
• Sociolinguistics
• Language and gender
• Language and sexuality
• Language and identity
• Regional and social dialects
• Media discourse
• Language in legal settings
• Linguistics and literature

Publications

Kendall, Shari. Family Talk; Discourse and Identity in Four American Families. Oxford University Press, 2007.

Through everyday talk, individuals forge the ties that can make a family. Family members use language to manage a household, create and maintain relationships, and negotiate and reinforce values and beliefs. The studies gathered in Family Talk are based on a unique research project in which four dual-income American families recorded everything they said for a week. Family Talkextends our understanding of family discourse and of how family members construct, negotiate, and enact their identities as individuals and as families.