Alice F. Freed B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

                                                          Professor of Linguistics

Alice F. Freed did her undergraduate and graduate work in Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania.  Her areas of specialization are sociolinguistics and discourse analysis ((language and gender, question use in English, questions and institutional discourse).  At Montclair State she has taught in a variety of programs from Linguistics to Women’s Studies, the Honor’s Program, and as part of the General Education program. She has also taught courses at the University of New Mexico (as part of the LSA 1995 Summer Linguistic Institute) and at New York University as a visiting adjunct professor. She served as Chair of the Linguistics Department at Montclair from 1986-1993 and in 1995. She was a member of the LSA Committee on the Status of Women in Linguistics (COSWL) from 1992-1995. She worked as a consultant in discourse analysis at AT&T Labs, Research Department (Florham Park, NJ) from 2002-2004. She is the author of The Semantics of English Aspectual Complementation (Reidel 1979) and co-editor with Victoria Bergvall and Janet Bing of Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice (Longman 1996). She has recently completed work on a co-edited volume (with Susan Ehrlich) “Why Do You Ask?”: The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse (Oxford University Press, in press).

 

Montclair State Office:                      Dickson Hall 127

Phone/Voice Mail:                              973. 655.7505

E-mail:                                                alice.freed@montclair.edu
Linguistics Department Office:          Dickson Hall 124 (973.655.4286)
Advisor for the MAT (in TESL)

 

Office Hours for Fall 2009:

Times listed below or by appointment:

Tuesdays         2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Wednesdays    4:30 - 5:30 PM

Thursdays     10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

 

 

CLASSES FOR FALL 2009

LNGN-220-01    STRUCTURE OF AMERICAN ENGLISH       

                            TR   1:00 -  2:15 PM  UN 3052    

 

LNGN-230-01    LANGAUGE IN SOCIETY                                             

                            TR  11:30 - 12:45 PM  UN3052

 

APLN-502-01     SOCIOLINGUISTICS                                                    

                            W    5:30 - 08:00 PM  DI 122


RESEARCH INTERESTS:

·           Question Use in Institutional Discourse

·           Language and Gender. Visit Mary Bucholtz' Language and Gender Page
See also: Alice F. Freed. 1992. We understand perfectly: A Critique of Tannen’s view of cross-sex communication. In      Kira Hall, Mary Bucholtz and Birch Moonwomon (Eds.) Locating power: Proceedings of the second Berkeley women and language conference (vol. 1). Berkeley: Berkeley Women and Language Group. 144-152.

·           Sociolinguistics/ Language and Culture (American English)

·           Language and Food

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

 

Books

 

In press (2010)

“Why Do You Ask?”: The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse. (Edited with Susan Ehrlich).Oxford University Press.

1996

Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice (Edited with V. Bergvall and J. Bing).  [Real Language Series.] London:  Longman. (303 pp.).

1979

The Semantics of English Aspectual Complementation.  Synthese Language Library:  Volume 8. D. Reidel Publishing Co.: Dordrecht, Holland. (172 pp.).



Chapters in Books (since 1994):



In Press (2010)

“I’m Calling to Let You Know!”: Company Initiated Telephone-sales.” In “Why Do You Ask?”: The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse. (Edited with Susan Ehrlich). Oxford University Press.

In Press (2010)

“The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse: An Introduction” (with Susan Ehrlich In “Why Do You Ask?”: The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse. (Edited with Susan Ehrlich). Oxford University Press.

2003

“Epilogue: Reflections on Language and Gender Research.” In The Handbook on Language and Gender. Janet Homes and Miriam Meyerhoff, (Eds.) Oxford: Blackwell.  Pp. 699‑721.

1996

“Language and Gender Research in an Experimental Setting.” In Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice. V. Bergvall, J. Bing, and A. Freed, (Eds.) London:  Longman.  Pp. 54-76.1996.

1996

“The Language of Pregnancy:  Women & Medical Experience.” In Women & Belief Systems:  Proceedings of the 1996 Berkeley Women & Language Conference.  N. Warner, et. al. (Eds.)  Berkeley, CA.: Berkeley Women & Language Group. (Pp. 237-245). 1996.

1995

“Applied Linguistics:  Language and Gender.”  In An Overview of Applied Linguistics: Annual Review of Applied Linguistics.  Volume XV. William Grabe, (Ed.) Cambridge University Press.  Pp. 1-20, 1995.

1994

“A Cross-cultural Analysis of Language and Gender.”  In Cultural Performances: Proceedings of the

Third Berkeley Women and Language Conference.  M. Bucholtz, A. Lang, and L. Sutton (Eds.).

Berkeley, CA.: Berkeley Women and Language Group. (Pp.197-204), 1996.

 

 

Articles/ Papers (since 1994):

 

2004                “Opening strategies for selling local service: A discourse analysis of ACS Outbound

                        Telemarketing calls.”  Technical Memorandum. AT&T Research Labs. Florham Park, NJ.

                        September 2004. (17 pages.)

1999                “Communities of Practice and Pregnant Women:  Is There a Connection?” Language in Society. Vol. 28.2:257-271. June, 1999.

1996                “Women, Men and Talk:  What Makes the Difference?” (with Alice Greenwood).  Language in Society. Vol. 25.1:1-26. March, 1996.

1994                “The Form and Function of Questions in Informal Dyadic Conversation.” The Journal of Pragmatics.  Volume 21:219-242.  April, 1994.

 

Book Reviews (since 1994)

1999                Review of Gender Articulated. Kira Hall and Mary Bucholtz, Eds., Language in Society. Spring.

1997                Review of Janet Holmes’ Women, Men and Politeness. Language. Vol. 73.2:395-397.

 

­INVITED PAPERS: (since 1994)

2004                “Opening strategies for selling local service: A discourse analysis of ACS Outbound Telemarketing calls.”  In-house “Cookie Talk.” AT&T Research Labs. Florham Park, NJ. July 2004.

2000                “Challenging the Stereotypes about Women’s and Men’s Language.” Panel participant. “Saying No to Boy’s World: Challenging Patriarchy.” Feminist Expo 2000. Baltimore, Maryland. April 2000.

2000                “Language and Gender Research: Why Do the Stereotypes Persist?” Invited talk. New York University Linguistics Department Colloquium. February 4, 2000.

1999                “The Perceptions Don’t Match the Talk: Women, Men and Language.” Plenary Address. Meeting of the International Linguistics Association. New York. April 1999.

1997                “Communities of  Practice and Pregnant Women: Is There a Connection.” Symposium on Language and Gender: Sixth Conference on Language and Social Psychology. Ottawa, Canada. May, 1997.

1995                “The State of the Art: Language and Gender Research.” International Linguistics  Association Meeting. New York. May, 1995.

 

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS READ

 

2004                “Sex or Gender: Still a conundrum in language and gender research.” International Gender & Language Association Meeting (IGALA-III). Cornell University. June 2004.

1999                “Language, Sex, and Gender: A Glorious Obsession.” New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English  (NWAVE). Toronto, Canada. October, 1999.

 

Mailing Address:

Linguistics Department

Dickson Hall 127

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ 07043

Last Updated September 2009