Gender and command: A Sociophonetic Analysis of Female and Male Drill Instructors in the United States Marine Corps

This dissertation presents the results of a study conducted on the speech of male and female students training to become Drill Instructors (hereafter DIs) in the United States Marine Corps. Both high amplitude and low pitch are reported to be important characteristics of the DI Command Voice; these...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kennard, Catherine Hicks
Other Authors: Archangeli, Diana B.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193640