“That’s What It Felt Like, ‘You’re Pathetic’”: Creaky voice, Affective Stance, and Authentication in the Speech of Lady Gaga

This paper contributes to research on the social meaning of creaky voice in American English by offering an intraspeaker analysis of the speech of Lady Gaga, an American pop star. While pop stars have anecdotally been said to employ creaky voice extensively (Jaslow 2011), few linguists have examined...

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Main Author: Lewis Esposito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2017-06-01
Series:Lifespans and Styles
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Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lifespansstyles/article/view/1862