Culture and Gender of Voice Pitch - A Sociophonetic Comparison of the Japanese and Americans - Ikuko Patricia Yuasa
Introduction
Culture and Gender of Voice Pitch - A Sociophonetic Comparison of the Japanese and Americans - Ikuko Patricia Yuasa
Ikuko Patricia Yuasa [+]
University of Iowa
Ikuko Patricia Yuasa is Assistant Professor of Japanese sociolinguistics teaching in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Iowa. She is a former student of Robin Lakoff and Yoko Hasegawa at the University of California, Berkeley where she received her doctoral degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures
Description
The introduction presents the major task of the book - a sociophonetic exploration of voice pitch characteristics of men and women across the differing cultures of Japan and America. Moreover, it presents the argument of the volume, for the sociocultural implications of the role of voice pitch in two universal human behaviors: the expression of emotion and politeness.