The Unendorsable Frank Zappa by Bernard Genton

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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. …”
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