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

The aim of this paper is to explore how markers of an enregistered sociolect perceived as feminine may be recruited to portray stereotypical female teenage characters on television. The analysis focuses on ‘Valley Girl talk,’ also known as Valspeak, popularized in the 1980s in California by Frank Za...

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Main Author: Pierre Habasque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2020-12-01
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/3352