Creaky Voice as a Stylistic Feature of Young American Female Speech: An Intraspeaker Variation Study of Scarlett Johansson

This study examines the stylistic use of ‘creaky voice’ in a single speaker: the American actress Scarlett Johansson. Recently, there has been a marked increase in both media and academic interest in creaky voice, with work by Yuasa (2010) and Wolk et al. (2011) confirming the prevalence of this fea...

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Main Authors: Francesca Shaw, Victoria Crocker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2015-03-01
Series:Lifespans and Styles
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Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lifespansstyles/article/view/1180