creaky voice

[Wilson Gray]

Wikipedia says that ceaky voice is "... also called 'laryngealisation'
or 'vocal fry,' _especially in the US_ ..."

Is this true? Has the jargon of the field passed me by? The only term
that I've heard or read applied to creaky voice, before this moment,
is "creaky voice."

-Wilson


On 2/22/06, Dennis R. Preston <preston at msu.edu> wrote:
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> Beverly,
>
> Type "creaky voice" into Google and you will get a number of
> excellent references. Even Wikipedia is acoustically sound. The most
> frequent user of creaky voice I have heard recently is Bill Clinton,
> a speaker certainly not given to high-pitched undergrad women's
> voice. IN fact, the overall influence of creak is to considerably
> lower, not raise, pitch.
>
> dInIs
>
>
>
> >I second Tom's request:  Since I haven't seen or heard any of the persons
> >mentioned below (I'm benighted, I know), I have no idea what you all mean
> >by "creaky" voice.  I had thought it was the high-pitched, squeaky,
> >tweenish (definitely not affected) voice I hear from undergrad women; am I
> >wrong?
> >
> >At 09:55 AM 2/22/2006, you wrote:
> >>Bill Mullins,
> >>
> >>I am also an interested looker-on, but has there been a response to your
> >>query that I missed? Phoneticians should not only be able to produce the
> >>creaky voice, but also describe it in the language of acoustic/auditory
> >>phonetics.
> >>
> >>Regards.
> >>
> >>THOMAS PAIKEDAY
> >>www.paikeday.net
> >>
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> >>From: "Mullins, Bill AMRDEC" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
> >>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >>Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 2:40 PM
> >>Subject: Re: creaky voice
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> >>>Subject:      Re: creaky voice
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> >>>>Is there some way of describing, for us lookers-on, what is meant by
> >>>>"creaky voice"?   Are there  some familiar voices on NPR that exhibit =
> >>>this?
> >>>>A. Murie
> >>>
> >>>I played the Jacobellis interview; she didn't sound especially creaky.  =
> >>>(Or maybe I'm not understanding the word as it is being used.)
> >>>=20
> >>>I hear some actresses who sound creaky.  Usually it sounds kind of =
> >>>affected, and shows up in words with a short "a" sound.
> >>>=20
> >>>See Mary-Louise Parker, particularly from her appearances on "West Wing" =
> >>>(I have even seen her called "lockjaw" on one of the fan boards -- =
> >>>perhaps the creakiness is associated with a clenched lower jaw, sort of =
> >>>like Thurston Howell III's Harvard accent).
> >>>=20
> >>>See also Sarah Vowell, who played the daughter in "The Incredibles" and =
> >>>appears occasionally on public radio's "This American Life".
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