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Harsh Voice Quality and Its Association with Blackness in Popular American Media

Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 18. September 2013
Phonetica
Aus der Zeitschrift Phonetica Band 69 Heft 4

Abstract

Performers use various laryngeal settings to create voices for characters and personas they portray. Although some research demonstrates the sociophonetic associations of laryngeal voice quality, few studies have documented or examined the role of harsh voice quality, particularly with vibration of the epilaryngeal structures (growling). This article qualitatively examines phonetic properties of vocal performances in a corpus of popular American media and evaluates the association of voice qualities in these performances with representations of social identity and stereotype. In several cases, contrasting laryngeal states create sociophonetic contrast, and harsh voice quality is paired with the portrayal of racial stereotypes of black people. These cases indicate exaggerated emotional states and are associated with yelling/shouting modes of expression. Overall, however, the functioning of harsh voice quality as it occurs in the data is broader and may involve aggressive posturing, comedic inversion of aggressiveness, vocal pathology, and vocal homage.

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*Scott Reid Moisik, Department of Linguistics, University of Victoria, PO Box 3045, Victoria BC V8W 3P4 (Canada), E-Mail srmoisik@uvic.ca
Received: 2013-01-31
Accepted: 2013-03-05
Published Online: 2013-09-18
Published in Print: 2013-09-01

© 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Further Section
  2. Contents Vol. 69, 2013
  3. Front and Back Matter
  4. Front & Back Matter
  5. Original Paper
  6. Harsh Voice Quality and Its Association with Blackness in Popular American Media
  7. On How Accent Distribution Can Signal Speaker Adaptation
  8. Prosodic Variation for Topic Shift and Other Functions in Local Contrasts in Conversation
  9. Review Article
  10. From Phonetics to Phonology and Back Again
  11. Further Section
  12. Book Notice
  13. Publications Received for Review
https://doi.org/10.1159/000351059

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Further Section
  2. Contents Vol. 69, 2013
  3. Front and Back Matter
  4. Front & Back Matter
  5. Original Paper
  6. Harsh Voice Quality and Its Association with Blackness in Popular American Media
  7. On How Accent Distribution Can Signal Speaker Adaptation
  8. Prosodic Variation for Topic Shift and Other Functions in Local Contrasts in Conversation
  9. Review Article
  10. From Phonetics to Phonology and Back Again
  11. Further Section
  12. Book Notice
  13. Publications Received for Review
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