Culture and Gender of Voice Pitch - A Sociophonetic Comparison of the Japanese and Americans - Ikuko Patricia Yuasa

Culture and Gender of Voice Pitch - A Sociophonetic Comparison of the Japanese and Americans - Ikuko Patricia Yuasa

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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

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The chapter presents the findings of this book, which are believed to demonstrate the importance of scrutinizing the complexity of voice pitch modulation which men and women across cultures employ in conversational speech.

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Yuasa, Ikuko Patricia. Conclusion. Culture and Gender of Voice Pitch - A Sociophonetic Comparison of the Japanese and Americans. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 142-144 Dec 2008. ISBN 9781845539061. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=21273. Date accessed: 29 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.21273. Dec 2008

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