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Chapitre D'ouvrage Année : 2023

"CANTARE IN CORSIVO"

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The corsivo phenomenon, characterised by a unique style of speech and singing, emerged in Italy in early 2020, gaining popularity on social media platforms. This paper delves into the history, linguistic aspects, and acoustic qualities of corsivo. Drawing inspiration from English phrases like "singing in cursive" and "speaking in cursive," corsivo humorously imitates fashionable speech styles, and is often associated with vocal fry, diphthongization, and low intelligibility. Although several media have taken an interest in its description, however, all that can be found on the subject are impressionistic and unsystematic accounts. The paper explores the linguistic evolution of corsivo, analysing its association with Milanese dialect features and stereotypes. The analysis is conducted on sung corsivo, since it demonstrates greater authenticity and naturalness. Two pilot studies are presented: the first involves acoustic analysis of vowels [e] and [ɛ] in songs by Blanco, Sangiovanni, and Rkomi, revealing vowel instability and vowel breaking. The second study expands to include the vowel [a] in songs by Madame and Rosa Chemical, reaffirming the presence of timbral instability in corsivo singing. The acoustic analyses partly confirm the impressionistic descriptions of corsivo, showing phenomena of vowel instability. Phonetic measurements are useful for drawing a more objective picture of the phenomenon and its link to diatopic variation. This paper contributes to our understanding of the acoustic features associated with corsivo, shedding light on its evolution and persistence in the Italian cultural landscape, despite its decline as a linguistic trend.

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hal-04345729 , version 1 (22-12-2023)

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Bianca Maria de Paolis, Anna Anastaseni, Valentina de Iacovo. "CANTARE IN CORSIVO": "Singing in Cursive": A Phonetic Study of a Contemporary Italian Singing Style, Two Years after Its Initial Wave. It’s (not) only rock ’n’ roll. Linguaggi, culture, identità giovanili, 2023, 978-88-7590-274-2. ⟨hal-04345729⟩
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