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- Janet Bing
- Professor
- English
- 5030 Batten Arts and Letters
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-4030
- jbing@odu.edu
- Web Page
- Janet Bing has taught in several high schools and in the Peace Corps in Afghanistan as well as at the Universities of New
Hampshire and Minnesota.
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Education
- University of Massachusetts in Amherst,
1979
- Major: Linguistics
- Degree: Ph. D.
- University of Colorado and Colorado State University,
1970
- Degree: Graduate studies in structural linguistics with an emphasis on phonology and anthropological linguistics
- Stanford University,
1960
- Major: English
- Degree: M.A.
- Coe College,
1959
- Major: English literature
- Degree: B.A.
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Research Interests
- Intonation, Tone, Language and Gender, Humor
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Expertise
- English/Grammar
- Language and Gender / Intercultural Communication / Language and Linguistics
- International Issues
- Language and Gender / Intercultural Communication / Language and Linguistics
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Books
- Bergvall, V. L., Bing, J., and Freed, A. F. (1996). Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice. New York and London: Longman.
- Bing, J. (1989). GrammarGuide: English Grammar in Context. New York: Prentice-Hall Regents.
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Book Chapters
- Bing, J., and Scheibman, J. Feminist Humor as Thought Experiment: Blended Spaces as Subversive Humor.Gender and Humor, Humor and Gender (pp. Chapter 7). Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter..
- Bing, J., and Scheibman, J. Feminist Humor as Thought Experiment: Blended Spaces as Subversive Humor. Gender and Humor, Humor and Gender.
- Bing, J. (2000). How to describe another culture: Developing a cultural frame, Democracy and Development: The Transformation of Conflict in
Nicaragua. (pp. pp. 1-19)
- Bing, J. (2000). Why are Those Women so Angry?. (pp. pp. 79-82). Turnings: Writing on Women’s Transformations.
- Bing, J. (1998). Revised version of The Question of Questions: Beyond Binary Thinking, Language and Gender. (pp. pp. 495-510). Oxford: Blackwell.
- Bing, J. (1996). Discovering Hidden Values: A Frame Analysis of Teaching Evaluations. Gender And Belief Systems. (pp. pp. 51-60). Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Woman and Language Group.
- Bing, J., and Bergvall, V. (1996). The Question of Questions: Beyond Binary Thinking. In Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice. (pp. pp. 1-30)
- Bing, J. (1994). Killing Us Softly: Ambiguous Markers of Power and Solidarity. Cultural Performances. (pp. pp. 44-49). Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Women and Language Group.
- Bing, J. (1993). Names and Honorific Pronouns in Gborbo Krahn, Topics in African Linguistics. , Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 100. (pp. pp. 119-130). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- Bing, J. (1987). Phonologically Conditioned Agreement: Evidence from Krahn. In Current Approaches to African Linguistics... Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Foris.
- Bing, J. (1984). A Discourse Domain Identified by Intonation in Pattern and Process in Discourse Phonology.. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
- Bing, J., Roeper, T., Lapoint, S., and Tavakolian, S. (1981). A Lexical Approach to Language Acquisition, Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory.. M.I.T. Press.
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Articles
- Berrman-Fink, C., Bing, J., Cameron, D., Sheldon, A., Taylor, A., and Sotirin, P. (2008). Blogging About Feminist Interdisciplinarity. The Study of Communication, Language , and Gender. Women and Language, 31 (2), (pp. pp. 26-35).
- Bing, J., and Ruhl, C. (2008). It’s All My Fault! The Pragmatics of Responsibility Statements Responsibility Statements. Journal of Pragmatics, 40 (3), (pp. 537-558).
- Bing, J. (2007). Liberated Jokes: Sexual Humor in All-female Groups. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 20 (4), (pp. 337-366).
- Bing, J. (2004). Is Feminist Humor an Oxymoron?. Women and Language, XXVII (1), (pp. 24-35).
- Bing, J. (2004). Lesbian Jokes: A Reply to Christie Davies. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 17 (3), (pp. 323-328).
- Bing, J., and Heller, D. (2003). How Many Lesbians Does it Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 16 (2), (pp. 157-182).
- Bing, J. (1999). Anita Taylor, et al. Forum: What are the Responsibilities of Feminist Academic Publishers?. Women & Language, XXII (2), (pp. pp. 4-23).
- Bing, J. (1999). Brain sex: How the Media Reports and Distorts Brain Research. Women and Language, XXII (2), (pp. pp. 4-12).
- Bing, J., and Woodward, W. (1998). Nobody’s Listening: A Frame Analysis of the Ebonics Debate. SECOL Review, XXII (1), (pp. pp.1-20).
- Bing, J., and Lombardo, L. X. (1997). Talking Past Each Other about Sexual Harassment. Discourse and Society, 8 (3), (pp. pp. 293-311).
- Bing, J. (1993). Default Features in Contour Tones: Evidence from Krahn/Wobe, Principles and Prediction: The Analysis of Natural Language. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory/ John Benjamins, 98, (pp. pp. 327-338).
- Bing, J., and Duitsman, J. (1993). Postpositions and the Valency Marker in Krahn: Monosemy Versus Polysemy. Journal of West African Languages, 23 (1), (pp. pp. 91-104).
- Bing, J. (1992). Penguins Can't Fly and Women Don't Count: Language and Thought. Women and Language, XIV (2), (pp. pp. 11-14).
- Bing, J. (1991). Color Terms and Lexical Classes in Krahn/Wobe. Studies in African Linguistics, 22 (3), (pp. pp. 1-20).
- Bing, J. (1990). Real World Phonology. The Georgetown Journal of Languages and Linguistics, I (2), (pp. 145-150).
- Bing, J. (1983). Contrastive Stress, Contrastive Intonation and Contrastive Meaning, Syntax and Semantics.
- Bing, J. (1980). Linguistic Rhythm and Grammatical Structure in Afghan Persian. Linguistic Inquiry, IX (3),
- Bing, J. (1980). The Given/New Distinction and the Unmarked Stress Pattern,. North Eastern Linguistics Society Proceedings / University of Massachusetts, XI,
- Bing, J. (1979). A Reanalysis of Obligatory Comma Pause in English. University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers in Linguistics, 5,
- Bing, J. (1979). Intonation and the Interpretation of Negatives. North Eastern Linguistics Society Proceedings / University of Ottawa, X,,
- Bing, J. (1979). Up the Noun Phrase: Another Stress Rule. Papers Presented to Emmon Bach by his Students
- Bing, J. (1978). The Rhythm Rule in Dari: An Argument for Metrical Stress. U/Mass Occasional Papers in Linguistics, III, (pp. 11-34).
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Presentations
- Gotcha! Male and Female Pranksters with a Message.
- Conference Name: International Society for Humor Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: International Society for Humor Studies
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: July 7, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J. Presenter & Author
Robin, O. Other
- Blended Spaces as Subversive Humor
- Conference Name:
- Location: Charlotte, N.C.
- Date: April 4, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
Scheibman, J.
- Feminist Humor as “Thought Experiment”: Blended Spaces and Improbable Worlds as Subversive Humor
- Conference Name:
- Location: Newport, Rhode Island
- Date: June 29, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- It’s All My Fault! The Pragmatics of Responsibility Statements
- Conference Name:
- Location: Raleigh, NC
- Date: April 8, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
Ruhl, C.
- Sex and Gender in Jokes
- Conference Name:
- Location: Lyon, France
- Date: July 15, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- How Many Lesbians Does it Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?
- Conference Name:
- Location: Forli, Italy
- Date: July 5, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
Heller, D.
- How Many Lesbians Does it Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?
- Conference Name:
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: May 4, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
Heller, D.
- Solidarity as Subversion: Inclusive and Exclusive Jokes
- Conference Name: University of Maryland
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Maryland
- Date: July 7, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- The Rewards and Pitfalls of Crossing Boundaries
- Conference Name:
- Location: Portland, Oregon
- Date: October 6, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Teaching Stress and Intonation
- Conference Name:
- Location: Virginia Wesleyan College
- Date: September 16, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- The Power of Informal Language
- Conference Name:
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Date: April 24, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- A Framework for Exploring Other Cultures
- Conference Name:
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Date: January 29, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Brain sex: How the Media Reports and Distorts Brain Research
- Conference Name:
- Location: Aalborg, Denmark
- Date: November 4, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Communicating Across Gender
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Education Association
- Location: Mountain Lake, Virginia
- Date: July 13, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Gendered Jokes: Humor as a Subversive Activity
- Conference Name:
- Location: New York City
- Date: April 16, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Language, Gender and Power
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Education Association
- Location: Mountain Lake, Virginia
- Date: July 16, 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Humor as a Subversive Activity: Undermining Gender Polarization
- Conference Name:
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: May 16, 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- International Communication: Costs, Benefits and Strategies. Plenary address
- Conference Name:
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April 23, 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Nobody’s Listening: A Frame analysis of the Ebonics Debate
- Conference Name:
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Date: November 13, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
Woodward, W.
- Workshop on Cross-cultural Communication
- Conference Name:
- Location: Christopher Newport University
- Date: October 4, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
Harrison, W.
- Patriarchal messages: Male bias and metaphors in linguistic notation
- Conference Name:
- Location: Old Dominion University
- Date: June 7, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Are teacher education programs really preparing teachers for what employers want?
- Conference Name:
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: February 28, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Sex and the Brain
- Conference Name:
- Location: Old Dominion University
- Date: 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- The Sonority of Coronals: the Role of Frequency in Sonority Sequencing
- Conference Name:
- Location: Savannah, GA
- Date: November 9, 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
Lawrence, G.
- Gender Polarization in Brain and Language Research
- Conference Name:
- Location: Old Dominion University
- Date: June 1, 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Discovering Hidden Values: A Frame Analysis of Teaching Evaluations
- Conference Name:
- Location: Berkeley, CA
- Date: April 19, 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- The question of questions: Beyond essentialism and binary thinking in research on language, sex, and gender
- Conference Name:
- Location: Chicago
- Date: March 5, 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
Bergvall, V.
- Talking Past Each Other about Sexual Harassment: An Exploration of Frames for Understanding
- Conference Name:
- Date: January, 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Lombardo, L. X.
Bing, J.
- Talking Past Each Other about Sexual Harassment
- Conference Name:
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: January 6, 1995
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
Lombardo, L. X.
- Killing Us Softly: Ambiguous Markers of Power and Intimacy
- Conference Name:
- Location: Baltimore, Md
- Date: November 12, 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Friendly Deception: Status and Solidarity
- Conference Name:
- Location: Berkeley, CA
- Date: April 10, 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Identifying the Boundaries of Prosodic Units in Narration
- Conference Name:
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: January 7, 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Redefining Teaching: Evaluating the Evaluators
- Conference Name:
- Location: Ohio State University, Old Dominion University
- Date: August, 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- The Episode and Stage in Narration: Prosody and Discourse
- Conference Name:
- Location: Auburn U.
- Date: April, 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- The Role of the Planned Unit in Natural Discourse
- Conference Name:
- Location: University of Pennsylvania
- Date: August 7, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- The Limits of Tone Languages: Tones and Contours in Krahn/Wobe
- Conference Name:
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia; Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Date: November 16, 1991
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Language, Gender and Culture
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: May 18, 1991
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Basic Color Terms in Krahn/Wobe
- Conference Name:
- Location: Knoxville, TN
- Date: April 5, 1991
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Current Developments in the Study of Prosody
- Sponsoring Organization: Kyushu University
- Location: Fukuoka, Japan
- Date: June 18, 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Status Markers in English
- Sponsoring Organization: Kitakyushu University
- Location: Kitakyushu, Japan
- Date: June 16, 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Contour Tones in Krahn/Wobe
- Conference Name: University of Georgia
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Georgia
- Location: Athens, GA
- Date: April 14, 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Names and Honorific Pronouns in Gborbo Krahn
- Conference Name:
- Location: Greenwood, South Carolina
- Date: March 30, 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Problems in the Representation of Contour Tones in Krahn/Wobe
- Conference Name:
- Location: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Date: March 23, 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Real World Phonology
- Conference Name:
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: November 11, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Old Information in Answers to Questions
- Conference Name:
- Location: West Germany
- Date: September 3, 1987
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Focus in English: Mountains and Valleys
- Conference Name: Georgetown University
- Sponsoring Organization: Georgetown University
- Location: Washington, D.C
- Date: March, 1987
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Multi-purpose Morphemes in Gborbo
- Conference Name:
- Location: University of Indiana, Bloomington
- Date: March 25, 1986
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Phonology in Syntax Revisited: Evidence from Krahn
- Conference Name:
- Location: New Haven, Conn
- Date: March 23, 1985
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Merging on Success: The Current State of Studies in Intonation
- Conference Name:
- Location: Durham, North Carolina
- Date: March 24, 1984
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Contrastive Stress, Contrastive Intonation, and Contrastive Meaning
- Conference Name:
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Date: April 9, 1983
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Phrasal Verbs in English
- Conference Name:
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Date: March, 1982
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Identifying the Possible Intonation Contours in English
- Conference Name:
- Location: San Antonio, Texas
- Date: 1980
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- The Given/New Distinction and the Unmarked Stress Pattern
- Conference Name:
- Location: University of Massachusetts
- Date: 1980
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- One Man's Best is Another Man's Tone: Sentence Stress Reanalyzed
- Conference Name:
- Date: 1979
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- A Discourse Domain Identified by Intonation Contours
- Conference Name:
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Date: 1979
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- Intonation and the Interpretation of Negatives
- Conference Name:
- Location: University of Ottawa, Canada
- Date: 1979
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- A Predictable Alternative Between Intonation Contours
- Conference Name:
- Location: City University of New York, New York
- Date: 1978
- Authors/Presenters:
Bing, J.
- 1995: Award "Language and Gender Research: Theory and Method" $695.00., Old Dominion University
- 1995: College of Arts and Letters nominee for Old Dominion University Instructional Technology Teaching Award
- 1996: College of Arts and Letters nominee for SCHEV award for excellence in teaching
- 2008: Nominee for the Joel S. Lewis Faculty Award for Excellence in Student Mentoring Award
- 1993: Prosodic Units in Narration ($933.80), Old Dominion University
- 1995: Robert L. Stern Award for excellence in teaching, College of Arts and Letters
- 2010: University Women’s Caucus Recognition Award, University Women's Caucus
- Loomis scholarship , Stanford University
- Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Coe College
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