Re: [Re: trQal]

Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
> FFlores wrote:
> > Could you explain me what creaky voice is? I imagine it,
> > but I'm not sure.
> =
> It's hard to explain without also hearing it.  But basically, it's
> something you can do with the throat, it's like voicing, only the laryn=
x
> is more constricted, leading to a "creaky" sound.
     "Produce a sustained vowel sound of the type [@ @ @] or [a a a] on a=
 very
low pitch -- about as low as you can reach.  While keeping the sound goin=
g,
try to lower the pitch still further till the tone of the voice degenerat=
es
into a cacophonous series of taps.  At this point the frequency of the gl=
ottal
vibration is so low that you can perceive the individual little explosive=

bursts of air.
     "By trial and error, try to achieve a clear crackling noise with no
admixture of the tone of voice.  To do this, you may have to consciously
tighten up your vocal folds, though not so much as to produce a glottal s=
top. =

This is _creak_."....
     "Creaky voice: Proceed as [above] -- start with low-pitched voice, t=
hen
go still lower till some creak is heard mixed with voice -- but in this c=
ase
make no attempt to produce the pure kreak that was the end result [above]=
=2E"...
     "Creak or creaky voice is a not uncommon phonation type of very
low-pitched syllables in English, particularly in the British variety of
English known as RP ('received pronunciation')."

J. C. Catford, _A Practical Introduction to Phonetics_, pp. 53 and 55.  B=
uy
it!  (from my web page at http://members.xoom.com/edheil/ if you like.)


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