creaky voice

[Dennis R. Preston]

Wilson,

This is tue for 'laryngealisation"; "vocal fry" I have no info about.

dInIs

>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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>>  Subject:      Re: creaky voice
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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
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>>
>>  >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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>>  >>>>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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