Alice F Freed
Biographic Data
| ID | 738459 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice F Freed |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice F |
| FAMILY NAME | Freed |
| SIGNATURE | FREED A F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Montclair State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 159 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The politics of difference in twenty-first century America: Women, men and language
Why do you ask: The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse
1. The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse: An Introduction 2. The Design and Positioning of Questions in Inquiry Testimony 3. Questioning in Medicine 4. Interrogating Tears: Some Uses Of 'Tag Questions' In A Child Protection Helpline 5. Grammar and Social Relations: Alternative Forms of Yes/No Type Initiating Actions in Health Visitor Interaction 6. Asking Ostensibly Silly Questions in Police-Suspect Interrogations 7. Pursuing Views…
The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse
Chapter 1, written by the volume's editors, Susan Ehrlich and Alice Freed, provides an overview of the fourteen chapters of this volume and makes its own contribution to the study of questioning in institutional discourse. Ehrlich and Freed discuss various descriptions of questions, provide a working definition of questions that combines functional and sequential dimensions, and review earlier studies of questions in institutional discourse. The …
“I'm Calling to Let You Know!”
This chapter, written by Alice Freed, examines outbound telemarketing calls made by sale representatives of an American telecommunications company that is introducing local telephone service to new markets in the United States. The chapter focuses on the role that questions play in shaping the identity of both the institutional representative and the customer and considers the nature of the talk that occurs between them. Freed shows that there ar…
Communities of practice and pregnant women: Is there a connection
This article considers the usefulness of the community of practice framework (Eckert & McConnell-Ginet 1992) to an analysis of women's pregnancy stories. The study reveals that the operative communities of practice in the lives of pregnant women are the communities comprised of doctors, health professionals, family members etc., all of whom have specific and well-defined opinions about pregnancy. Although pregnant women do not themselves constitu…
Women, Men and Politeness
Sex, politeness and language: Sex and language, What is politeness?, Why do women and men interact differently?, Analysing linguistic politeness, Social dimensions and linguistic analysis, Cross-cultural contrasts, What's in store Who speaks here? Interacting politely: Who's got the floor?, Who's asking questions?, Who's interrupting and why?, Back-channeling - a female speciality?, Agreeable and disagreeable responses, Conclusion Soft and low-he…
Women, men, and type of talk: What makes the difference
In a study of dyadic conversations between four female and four male pairs of friends, the use of the phraseyou knowand questions are examined within three types of discourse. Women and men are found to use these features with equal frequency; and all speakers, regardless of sex or gender, use them in comparable ways. Although these particular discourse features have been previously associated with a female speech style, the results of this study…
The form and function of questions in informal dyadic conversation
The Semantics of English Aspectual Complementation
I. Methodology and Theoretical Assumptions.- 1.1. Theoretical Framework.- 1.2. Methods of Analysis: Presupposition and Consequence.- 1.3. Aspect.- 1.3.1. Aspectual Constructions.- 1.3.2. Aspectual Distinctions.- 1.3.3. Aspectualizers Defined.- 1.4. The Corpus.- II. Aspectualizers and Events.- 2.1. Why an Event Analysis.- 2.2. The Philosophical Treatment of Events.- 2.3. A Temporal Analysis of Events.- 2.3.1. A Description of Onset, Nucleus, and C…
Why do you ask: The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse
1. The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse: An Introduction 2. The Design and Positioning of Questions in Inquiry Testimony 3. Questioning in Medicine 4. Interrogating Tears: Some Uses Of 'Tag Questions' In A Child Protection Helpline 5. Grammar and Social Relations: Alternative Forms of Yes/No Type Initiating Actions in Health Visitor Interaction 6. Asking Ostensibly Silly Questions in Police-Suspect Interrogations 7. Pursuing Views…
Women, men, and type of talk: What makes the difference
In a study of dyadic conversations between four female and four male pairs of friends, the use of the phraseyou knowand questions are examined within three types of discourse. Women and men are found to use these features with equal frequency; and all speakers, regardless of sex or gender, use them in comparable ways. Although these particular discourse features have been previously associated with a female speech style, the results of this study…
The form and function of questions in informal dyadic conversation
Communities of practice and pregnant women: Is there a connection
This article considers the usefulness of the community of practice framework (Eckert & McConnell-Ginet 1992) to an analysis of women's pregnancy stories. The study reveals that the operative communities of practice in the lives of pregnant women are the communities comprised of doctors, health professionals, family members etc., all of whom have specific and well-defined opinions about pregnancy. Although pregnant women do not themselves constitu…
Women, Men and Politeness
Sex, politeness and language: Sex and language, What is politeness?, Why do women and men interact differently?, Analysing linguistic politeness, Social dimensions and linguistic analysis, Cross-cultural contrasts, What's in store Who speaks here? Interacting politely: Who's got the floor?, Who's asking questions?, Who's interrupting and why?, Back-channeling - a female speciality?, Agreeable and disagreeable responses, Conclusion Soft and low-he…
The politics of difference in twenty-first century America: Women, men and language
The Semantics of English Aspectual Complementation
I. Methodology and Theoretical Assumptions.- 1.1. Theoretical Framework.- 1.2. Methods of Analysis: Presupposition and Consequence.- 1.3. Aspect.- 1.3.1. Aspectual Constructions.- 1.3.2. Aspectual Distinctions.- 1.3.3. Aspectualizers Defined.- 1.4. The Corpus.- II. Aspectualizers and Events.- 2.1. Why an Event Analysis.- 2.2. The Philosophical Treatment of Events.- 2.3. A Temporal Analysis of Events.- 2.3.1. A Description of Onset, Nucleus, and C…
The form and function of questions in informal dyadic conversation
Women, men, and type of talk: What makes the difference
In a study of dyadic conversations between four female and four male pairs of friends, the use of the phraseyou knowand questions are examined within three types of discourse. Women and men are found to use these features with equal frequency; and all speakers, regardless of sex or gender, use them in comparable ways. Although these particular discourse features have been previously associated with a female speech style, the results of this study…
Women, Men and Politeness
Sex, politeness and language: Sex and language, What is politeness?, Why do women and men interact differently?, Analysing linguistic politeness, Social dimensions and linguistic analysis, Cross-cultural contrasts, What's in store Who speaks here? Interacting politely: Who's got the floor?, Who's asking questions?, Who's interrupting and why?, Back-channeling - a female speciality?, Agreeable and disagreeable responses, Conclusion Soft and low-he…
Communities of practice and pregnant women: Is there a connection
This article considers the usefulness of the community of practice framework (Eckert & McConnell-Ginet 1992) to an analysis of women's pregnancy stories. The study reveals that the operative communities of practice in the lives of pregnant women are the communities comprised of doctors, health professionals, family members etc., all of whom have specific and well-defined opinions about pregnancy. Although pregnant women do not themselves constitu…
The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse
Chapter 1, written by the volume's editors, Susan Ehrlich and Alice Freed, provides an overview of the fourteen chapters of this volume and makes its own contribution to the study of questioning in institutional discourse. Ehrlich and Freed discuss various descriptions of questions, provide a working definition of questions that combines functional and sequential dimensions, and review earlier studies of questions in institutional discourse. The …
“I'm Calling to Let You Know!”
This chapter, written by Alice Freed, examines outbound telemarketing calls made by sale representatives of an American telecommunications company that is introducing local telephone service to new markets in the United States. The chapter focuses on the role that questions play in shaping the identity of both the institutional representative and the customer and considers the nature of the talk that occurs between them. Freed shows that there ar…
Why do you ask: The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse
1. The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse: An Introduction 2. The Design and Positioning of Questions in Inquiry Testimony 3. Questioning in Medicine 4. Interrogating Tears: Some Uses Of 'Tag Questions' In A Child Protection Helpline 5. Grammar and Social Relations: Alternative Forms of Yes/No Type Initiating Actions in Health Visitor Interaction 6. Asking Ostensibly Silly Questions in Police-Suspect Interrogations 7. Pursuing Views…
The politics of difference in twenty-first century America: Women, men and language
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Communication (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Conversation (3 works) · Context (archaeology) (2 works)