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'''Bambi Schieffelin''' (April 26, 1945- ) is a [[Linguistic anthropology|linguistic anthropologist]] at [[New York University]] in the department of [[Anthropology]]. She has written extensively about language [[socialization]], [[language contact]], [[language ideology]], [[Haitian Creole]], and [[missionary|missionization]].
'''Bambi B. Schieffelin''' (born April 26, 1945) is a [[Linguistic anthropology|linguistic anthropologist]] and professor emerita at [[New York University]] (NYU) in the department of [[Anthropology]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bambi Schieffelin |url=https://as.nyu.edu/departments/anthropology/people/retired-and-emeritus-faculty/bambi-schieffelin.html |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=as.nyu.edu}}</ref> Along with [[Elinor Ochs]], she pioneered the field of [[language socialization]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/language-socialization-across-cultures/EFFEC1798E06EDF3C89940150139E28F|title=Language Socialization across Cultures|date=1987|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-33919-3|editor-last=Schieffelin|editor-first=Bambi B.|series=Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language|location=Cambridge|doi=10.1017/cbo9780511620898|editor-last2=Ochs|editor-first2=Elinor}}</ref> In addition, she has written extensively about [[language contact]], [[language ideology]], [[literacy]], [[Haitian Creole]], and [[missionary|missionization]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Scholar - Bambi Schieffelin |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,32&q=bambi+schieffelin&oq=bambi+sch |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref>


== Education and research ==
She received her undergraduate and doctorate degrees from [[Columbia University]], in [[anthropology]] and masters and postdoctorate in [[developmental psychology]].
She received an undergraduate degree from [[Bennington College]] in 1967,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Class of 1967, 50th Reunion, Bennington College |url=https://www.bennington.edu/sites/default/files/sources/docs/Class67_InMemoryBook_0.pdf |access-date=February 17, 2023}}</ref> undergraduate and doctorate degrees in [[anthropology]] from [[Columbia University]], and masters and postdoctorate in [[developmental psychology]]. Her 1979 Columbia PhD dissertation is entitled, "How [[Kaluli people|Kaluli]] Children Learn What to Say, What to Do,and How to Feel: An [[Ethnography|Ethnographic]] Study of the Development of [[Communicative competence|Communicative Competence]]."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chronologically {{!}} Alumni {{!}} Anthropology and Education {{!}} International & Transcultural Studies {{!}} Teachers College, Columbia University |url=https://www.tc.columbia.edu/international-and-transcultural-studies/anthropology-and-education/alumni/chronologically/ |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Teachers College - Columbia University |language=en}}</ref>


She held a faculty position in the [[University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education]] until 1986, when she was denied [[tenure]] within the context of an alleged culture of sexism and personal vendettas influencing decisions at the school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/pennsylvania?a=d&d=tdp19860328-01.2.6&srpos=21&e=------198-en-20--21--txt-txIN-hymes------|title=The Daily Pennsylvanian 28 March 1986 — Daily Pennsylvanian Digital Archives}}</ref> Several other faculty members (including [[William Labov]], [[Lila R. Gleitman]], [[Fred L. Block]], and [[Frank Furstenberg]]) severed ties with the School of Education to protest her tenure denial, citing her "international reputation" and "work... of the highest quality".<ref>{{cite news|first=Jeffrey|last=Goldberg|title=Faculty members sever ties with School of Education|date=March 28, 1986|work=The Daily Pennsylvanian|accessdate=2020-07-15|url=https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/pennsylvania?a=d&d=tdp19860328-01.2.6&srpos=21&e=------198-en-20--21--txt-txIN-hymes------}}</ref>
She held a faculty position in the [[University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education]] until 1986, when she was denied [[tenure]] within the context of an alleged culture of sexism and personal vendettas influencing decisions at the school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/pennsylvania?a=d&d=tdp19860328-01.2.6&srpos=21&e=------198-en-20--21--txt-txIN-hymes------|title=The Daily Pennsylvanian 28 March 1986 — Daily Pennsylvanian Digital Archives}}</ref> Several other faculty members (including [[William Labov]], [[Lila R. Gleitman]], [[Fred L. Block]], and [[Frank Furstenberg]]) severed ties with the School of Education to protest her tenure denial, citing her "international reputation" and "work... of the highest quality".<ref>{{cite news|first=Jeffrey|last=Goldberg|title=Faculty members sever ties with School of Education|date=March 28, 1986|work=The Daily Pennsylvanian|accessdate=2020-07-15|url=https://dparchives.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/pennsylvania?a=d&d=tdp19860328-01.2.6&srpos=21&e=------198-en-20--21--txt-txIN-hymes------}}</ref> After leaving the University of Pennsylvania, she took up a position at NYU, where she remained until her retirement.


She has carried out extensive fieldwork in [[Papua New Guinea]], and compiled a dictionary of [[Kaluli]], a [[Bosavi languages|Bosavi language]].
She has carried out extensive fieldwork in [[Papua New Guinea]], often in collaboration with ethnomusicologist [[Steven Feld]]. Together they compiled a dictionary of [[Kaluli]], a [[Bosavi languages|Bosavi language]].


She has recently researched youth language use in [[instant messaging]] and [[text messaging]], particularly the use of the word ''[[like]]''. She is currently interested in the linguistic aspects of the [[Lolcat]] phenomenon.<ref name="schieffelin2009">{{cite journal|last=Schieffelin|first=Bambi|date=January 2009|title=Enquoting voices, accomplishing talk: Uses of be + like in Instant Messaging|journal=Language & Communication|volume=29|issue=1|pages=77–113|doi=10.1016/j.langcom.2007.09.003}}</ref>
She has also researched youth language use in [[instant messaging]] and [[text messaging]], particularly the use of the word ''[[like]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jones|first1=Graham M.|last2=Schieffelin|first2=Bambi B.|date=2009-07-01|title=Talking Text and Talking Back: "My Bff Jill" from Boob Tube to YouTube|journal=Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication|volume=14|issue=4|pages=1050–1079|doi=10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01481.x|issn=1083-6101|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="schieffelin2009">{{cite journal|last=Schieffelin|first=Bambi|date=January 2009|title=Enquoting voices, accomplishing talk: Uses of be + like in Instant Messaging|journal=Language & Communication|volume=29|issue=1|pages=77–113|doi=10.1016/j.langcom.2007.09.003}}</ref> She has published on the linguistic aspects [[evidentiality]], focusing on how children learn culturally appropriate ways of referencing sources of knowledge.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schieffelin|first=Bambi B.|date=2021|title=Language Socialisation in the Papuan context|url=https://psyarxiv.com/jp7tn/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-01|website=psyarxiv.com|doi=10.31234/osf.io/jp7tn|s2cid=245135185 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213042725/https://psyarxiv.com/jp7tn/ |archive-date=2021-12-13 }}</ref>


== Selected works ==
== Selected works ==


* 2007 Consequences of Contact: Language Ideologies and Sociocultural Transformations in Pacific Societies <ref name="schieffelin2007">{{cite book|title=Consequences of Contact: Language Ideologies and Sociocultural Transformations in Pacific Societies|editor=Schieffelin, Bambi and Miki Makihara|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxfordshire|year=2007|isbn=978-0-19-532498-3}}</ref>
* [[Miki Makihara]] & Bambi Schieffelin, eds. 2007. ''Consequences of Contact: Language Ideologies and Sociocultural Transformations in Pacific Societies''.OUP. {{ISBN|9780195324983}}
* Bambi B. Schieffelin, [[Kathryn Woolard|Kathryn A. Woolard]], and [[Paul V. Kroskrity]], eds. 1998. ''Language Ideologies''. OUP. {{ISBN|9780195105629}}
* 1998 Language Ideologies <ref name="schieffelin1998">{{cite book | last = Schieffelin | first = Bambi | title = Language Ideologies | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford Oxfordshire | year = 1998 | isbn = 978-0-19-510561-2 }}</ref>
* 2005 The Give and Take of Everyday Life <ref name="schieffelin2005">{{cite book | last = Schieffelin | first = Bambi | title = The Give and Take of Everyday Life | publisher = Fenestra Books | location = City | year = 2005 | isbn = 1-58736-440-9 }}</ref>
* Bambi B. Schieffelin. 2005. ''The Give and Take of Everyday Life''. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|9780521386548}}


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~bs4/ Schieffelin's home page]
* [https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/departments/anthropology/people/retired-and-emeritus-faculty/bambi-schieffelin.html Schieffelin's home page]


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Bambi B. Schieffelin (born April 26, 1945) is a linguistic anthropologist and professor emerita at New York University (NYU) in the department of Anthropology.[1] Along with Elinor Ochs, she pioneered the field of language socialization.[2] In addition, she has written extensively about language contact, language ideology, literacy, Haitian Creole, and missionization.[3]

Education and research

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She received an undergraduate degree from Bennington College in 1967,[4] undergraduate and doctorate degrees in anthropology from Columbia University, and masters and postdoctorate in developmental psychology. Her 1979 Columbia PhD dissertation is entitled, "How Kaluli Children Learn What to Say, What to Do,and How to Feel: An Ethnographic Study of the Development of Communicative Competence."[5]

She held a faculty position in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education until 1986, when she was denied tenure within the context of an alleged culture of sexism and personal vendettas influencing decisions at the school.[6] Several other faculty members (including William Labov, Lila R. Gleitman, Fred L. Block, and Frank Furstenberg) severed ties with the School of Education to protest her tenure denial, citing her "international reputation" and "work... of the highest quality".[7] After leaving the University of Pennsylvania, she took up a position at NYU, where she remained until her retirement.

She has carried out extensive fieldwork in Papua New Guinea, often in collaboration with ethnomusicologist Steven Feld. Together they compiled a dictionary of Kaluli, a Bosavi language.

She has also researched youth language use in instant messaging and text messaging, particularly the use of the word like.[8][9] She has published on the linguistic aspects evidentiality, focusing on how children learn culturally appropriate ways of referencing sources of knowledge.[10]

Selected works

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  • Miki Makihara & Bambi Schieffelin, eds. 2007. Consequences of Contact: Language Ideologies and Sociocultural Transformations in Pacific Societies.OUP. ISBN 9780195324983
  • Bambi B. Schieffelin, Kathryn A. Woolard, and Paul V. Kroskrity, eds. 1998. Language Ideologies. OUP. ISBN 9780195105629
  • Bambi B. Schieffelin. 2005. The Give and Take of Everyday Life. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521386548

References

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  1. ^ "Bambi Schieffelin". as.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  2. ^ Schieffelin, Bambi B.; Ochs, Elinor, eds. (1987). Language Socialization across Cultures. Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511620898. ISBN 978-0-521-33919-3.
  3. ^ "Google Scholar - Bambi Schieffelin". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  4. ^ "Class of 1967, 50th Reunion, Bennington College" (PDF). Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "Chronologically | Alumni | Anthropology and Education | International & Transcultural Studies | Teachers College, Columbia University". Teachers College - Columbia University. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  6. ^ "The Daily Pennsylvanian 28 March 1986 — Daily Pennsylvanian Digital Archives".
  7. ^ Goldberg, Jeffrey (March 28, 1986). "Faculty members sever ties with School of Education". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  8. ^ Jones, Graham M.; Schieffelin, Bambi B. (2009-07-01). "Talking Text and Talking Back: "My Bff Jill" from Boob Tube to YouTube". Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 14 (4): 1050–1079. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01481.x. ISSN 1083-6101.
  9. ^ Schieffelin, Bambi (January 2009). "Enquoting voices, accomplishing talk: Uses of be + like in Instant Messaging". Language & Communication. 29 (1): 77–113. doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2007.09.003.
  10. ^ Schieffelin, Bambi B. (2021). "Language Socialisation in the Papuan context". psyarxiv.com. doi:10.31234/osf.io/jp7tn. S2CID 245135185. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
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