Options
Catchy and conversational? : a register analysis of pop lyrics
Werner, Valentin (2021): Catchy and conversational? : a register analysis of pop lyrics, in: Corpora : corpus-based language learning, language processing and linguistics, Edinburgh: Univ. Press, Jg. 16, Nr. 2, S. 237–270, doi: 10.3366/cor.2021.0219.
Faculty/Chair:
Author:
Title of the Journal:
Corpora : corpus-based language learning, language processing and linguistics
ISSN:
1749-5032
1755-1676
Publisher Information:
Year of publication:
2021
Volume:
16
Issue:
2
Pages:
Language:
English
Abstract:
This study presents a register analysis of pop lyrics. To this end, it applies multi-dimensional register analysis to empirically test claims regarding the allegedly conversational nature of pop lyrics. It thus follows broader calls for the linguistic exploration of performed language as represented in noncanonical pop culture registers. This text-linguistic investigation relies on a corpus of contemporary pop lyrics and uses the Multidimensional Analysis Tagger (Nini, 2018), software that replicates Biber’s (1988) tagger, to identify register features to contrast lyrics with other varieties of text. In addition, the n-gram and keyword functionalities of a concordancer are used for establishing register markers and style features to identify characteristic properties of pop lyrics. In line with earlier claims, it becomes apparent that pop lyrics indeed carry some conversational force despite situational factors being indicative of planned and performed production. Furthermore, this analysis identifies additional features that are highly distinctive of pop lyrics (versus general conversation), and is suggestive of the special status of this register on the speech-writing continuum.
GND Keywords: ;  ; 
Lyrics <Lyrik>
Textanalyse
Linguistik
Keywords: ;  ;  ;  ;  ; 
lyrics
multi-dimensional anaylsis
pop culture
register analysis
speech versus writing
stylistics
DDC Classification:
RVK Classification:
Peer Reviewed:
Yes:
International Distribution:
Yes:
Type:
Article
Activation date:
September 3, 2021
Versioning
Question on publication
Permalink
https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/51410