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Laryngealized Phonation (’Vocal Fry’) in Speakers of New Zealand English: Two Contrastive Case Studies

Received: 11 April 2016     Accepted: 4 May 2016     Published: 20 May 2016
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Abstract

Laryngealized phonation, also known as glottalized phonation or vocal fry, has recently received increased research attention as it represents a socio-phonetic marker that characterizes young urban women’s speech. So far, all studies have focussed on speakers of American English and it has been shown that college-aged female students make use of laryngealized phonation in particular to mark the end of sentences. The present study is the first to investigate speakers of New Zealand English to determine whether laryngealized phonation is also a feature of the New Zealand variant of English and to identify possible functional aspects of laryngealized phonation.

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 4, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijll.20160403.16
Page(s) 128-132
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Keywords

Laryngealized Phonation, Glottalized Phonation, New Zealand English, Narrative Discourse

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  • Department of Languages, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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