| Description |
1 online resource : color illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
IMPACT: studies in language, culture and society ; volume 51
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Impact, studies in language and society ; 51.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Language performances as an object of sociolinguistic investigation -- Singing as language performance -- Qualitative data and analysis -- Results I. Perception of stimuli -- Results II. The discussion phase -- Discussion -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix I. Orthographic and phonetic transcriptions of the stimuli -- Appendix II. Codebook. |
| Summary |
"This book addresses the phenomenon of non-American rock and pop singers emulating an Americanized singing style for performance purposes. By taking a novel approach to this pop cultural trend and drawing attention to the audience, British and American students' perceptions of English rock and pop performances were elicited. Interviews guided by various music clips were conducted and analyzed through a detailed qualitative content analysis. The interviewees' responses provide important insights into social meanings attached to Americanized voices and local British accents in the respective genres and show how British and American attitudes toward these performance accents differ. These perceptions and attitudes are illustrated by developing associative fields which offer a fresh view on the notion of indexicalities. An engaging folk linguistic investigation of a relatable everyday pop culture phenomenon, this book makes complex sociolinguistic phenomena easily approachable and qualitative research accessible. It is suitable for intermediate students onward and inspires further research projects in the field of language performances"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Music and language.
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Music and language. |
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Popular music -- Social aspects.
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Popular music -- Social aspects. |
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Popular music. |
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Popular music -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Popular music -- Analysis, appreciation. |
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English language -- Dialectology.
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English language -- Dialectology. |
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English language -- Social aspects.
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English language -- Social aspects. |
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Singing -- Diction.
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Singing -- Diction. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jansen, Lisa English rock and pop performances Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2022 9789027210944 (DLC) 2021059070 (OCoLC)1287201256 |
| ISBN |
9789027257895 (electronic book) |
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9027257892 (electronic book) |
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9789027210944 (hardcover) |
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