Phonation type as a stylistic variable : The use of falsetto in constructing a persona

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Cognitive Science in the era of Artificial Intelligence: A roadmap for reverse-engineering the infant language-learner (2016, neutral): “Within the auditory modality, some vocal sounds like clicks are considered as nonlinguistic in many languages, but in others they are used phonologically (Best, McRoberts, & Sithole, 1988); similarly for phonatory characteristics of vowels like breathiness and creakiness (Silverman, Blankenship, Kir”
Hegemonic masculinity and the variability of gay-sounding speech: The perceived sexuality of transgender men (2013, background): “In addition to confirming the significance of /s/ as a marker of men’s perceived sexuality, my analysis includes new evidence for the perceptual salience of creaky voice quality as an index of sexuality (see also Podesva 2007).”
Categories, stereotypes, and the linguistic perception of sexuality (2014, neutral): “Instead, scholars have argued that variants are ideolog-ically linked to a range of related potential social meanings, any one of which could be made relevant in the context of interaction (e.g. Podesva 2007).”
Salience and the Social Meaning of Declarative Contours (2011, background): “Confronted with challenges from Jeff, Jack, and Tiffany, Heath must exit the interactionally weak position he currently occupies, as divas are accustomed to holding the upper hand in most encounters (Podesva 2007).”