Linguistic Misogyny as a Parodic Device: Valspeak Markers in Jimmy Fallon’s “Ew!” by Pierre Habasque

“…The analysis focuses on ‘Valley Girl talk,’ also known as Valspeak, popularized in the 1980s in California by Frank Zappa’s eponymous hit song, which parodied the sociolect. The corpus is composed of a sketch entitled ‘Ew!’…”
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Is Creaky Voice a Valley Girl Feature? Stancetaking & Evolution of a Linguistic Stereotype by Pierre Habasque

“…The ‘Valley Girl’ stereotype came to be known in 1982 thanks to Frank & Moon Zappa’s eponymous hit song, which associated a wide variety of linguistic markers with the persona of a white, privileged, vapid, female adolescent. …”
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