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Devon Renfroe

Devon Renfroe

ALSLA Doctoral Student

Bio

Devon Renfroe's research focuses on L2 Korean speakers' pragmatic awareness and use of the honorific system. Specifically, she is interested in how the use of different pragmatic features play out in L1-L2 interactions and the ideologies that guide these choices. 

Education

M.A., Applied Second Language Acquisition, Carnegie Mellon University

B.A., Political Science, University of Florida

  • Pragmatics
  • L2 Korean
  • Honorifics
  • Interaction
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Fulbright Scholar, 2024–2025
  • Critical Language Scholarship (Korean)