Creaky voice: A new feminine voice quality for young urban-oriented upwardly mobile american women?

American Speech

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-337

  Yuasa, Ikuko Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 78049317702     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: 15272133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-2010-018     Document Type: Article

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