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- Joanne Scheibman
- Associate Professor
- English
- 5028 Batten Arts and Letters
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-3879
- jscheibm@odu.edu
- Web Page
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Education
- University of New Mexico,
2000
- Major: Linguistics
- Degree: Ph. D.
- University of New Mexico,
1992
- Major: Linguistics
- Degree: M.A.
- University of New Mexico,
1988
- Major: Linguistics/Spanish
- Degree: B.A.
- University of New Mexico,
1986
- Degree: Summer School Program, Guadalajara, Mexico
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Expertise
- English/Grammar
- grammar, meaning, discourse
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Books
- Scheibman, J. (2002). Point of view and grammar: Structural patterns of subjectivity in American English conversation. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
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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..
- Scheibman, J. (2009). Routinized uses of the first person expression for me in conversational discourse. In Formulaic language. (pp. 321-344). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- Scheibman, J. (2007). Subjective and intersubjective uses of generalizations in English conversations. Stancetaking in discourse: Subjectivity,
evaluation, interaction. (pp. 111-138). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- Bybee, J., and Scheibman, J. (2006). The effect of usage on degrees of constituency: The reduction of don’t in English. Frequency of use and the organization of
language. (pp. 294-312). Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press.
- Scheibman, J. (2004). Inclusive and exclusive patterning of the English first person plural: Evidence from conversation. Language, culture and mind. (pp. 377-396). Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications.
- Scheibman, J. (2001). Local patterns of subjectivity in person and verb type in American English conversation. Frequency and the emergence of linguistic
structure. (pp. 61-89). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
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Articles
- Axelrod, M., and Scheibman, J. Contemporary English in the USA. International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication, 1, (pp. 43-59).
- Scheibman, J. (2000). I dunno ... A usage-based account of the phonological reduction of don’t in American English conversation. Journal of Pragmatics, 32 (105–124),
- Scheibman, J., and Bybee, J. (1999). The effect of usage on degrees of constituency: The reduction of don’t in English. Linguistics, 37, (pp. 575–596).
- Scheibman, J., Bybee, J., Chakraborti, P., and Jung, D. (1998). Prosody and segmental effect: Some paths of evolution for word stress. Studies in Language, 22, (pp. 267–314).
- Scheibman, J., and Wilcox, S. (1995). Representation of the dynamic elements of signs: Issues in the development of the Multimedia Dictionary of American Sign Language. Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues, 6, (pp. 463–479).
- Scheibman, J. (1995). Two at a time: The intimacy of simultaneous speech in sister talk. University of New Mexico Working Papers in Linguistics, 3, (pp. 27–43).
- Scheibman, J., Wilcox, S., Wood, D., Cokely, D., and Stokoe, W. C. (1994). Multimedia Dictionary of American Sign Language. Assets (Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Assistive Technologies)., 94, (pp. 9–16).
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Presentations
- Blended spaces as subversive humor
- Conference Name: California State University
- Sponsoring Organization: California State University
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Date: June 20, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
Bing, J.
- Blended spaces in subversive humor
- Conference Name: Southeastern Women’s Studies Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Southeastern Women’s Studies Association
- Location: UNC, Charlotte, NC
- Date: April 5, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
Bing, J.
- A usage based examination of the grammatical and evaluative uses of for me in interactive discourse
- Conference Name: University of Wisconsin
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Wisconsin
- Location: Milwaukee, WI
- Date: April 21, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
- The whole thing is pretty ghastly: Some generalizations about generalizations in English conversations
- Conference Name: Stanford University
- Sponsoring Organization: Stanford University
- Location: Stanford, CA
- Date: May 27, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
- The subjective and interactive character of generalization in English conversation. Stancetaking in Discourse: Subjectivity
in interaction
- Conference Name: Rice University
- Sponsoring Organization: Rice University
- Location: Houston, TX
- Date: April 3, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
- Covert subjectivity: Expression of point of view in relational clauses in English conversation
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- Location: Logroño, Spain
- Date: July 25, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
- The use of conversational data in linguistic analysis, or “What happens to our money when we put it where our mouths are”
- Conference Name:
- Location: New York, NY
- Date: December 31, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
- Inclusive and exclusive patterning of the English first person plural: Evidence from conversation
- Conference Name: Rice University
- Sponsoring Organization: Rice University
- Location: Houston, TX
- Date: October 14, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
- Local patterns of subjectivity in person and verb type in American English conversation
- Conference Name: Carnegie Mellon University
- Sponsoring Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Date: May 30, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
- The effect of usage on degrees of constituency
- Conference Name: University of California
- Sponsoring Organization: University of California
- Location: Santa Barbara, CA
- Date: June 1, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
Bybee, J.
- I dunno but...: A discourse account of the phonological reduction of don’t in casual conversation
- Conference Name:
- Location: Las Cruces, NM
- Date: October 8, 1995
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
- Representation and codification: Issues in the development of a multimedia dictionary of American Sign Language
- Conference Name:
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Date: August, 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Scheibman, J.
Wilcox, S.
- 1995: Linguistic Society of America Linguistic Institute Fellow
- Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi
- 2004: Robert L. Stern Award for Excellence in Teaching, Old Dominion University, College of Arts and Letters
- 2008: University Professor designation, Old Dominion University
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research