Language, the singer and the song : the sociolinguistics of folk performance
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Language, the singer and the song : the sociolinguistics of folk performance
Cambridge University Press, 2021
- pbk.
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Originally published: 2019
Includes bibliographical references and index
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The relationship between language and music has much in common - rhythm, structure, sound, metaphor. Exploring the phenomena of song and performance, this book presents a sociolinguistic model for analysing them. Based on ethnomusicologist John Blacking's contention that any song performed communally is a 'folk song' regardless of its generic origins, it argues that folk song to a far greater extent than other song genres displays 'communal' or 'inclusive' types of performance. The defining feature of folk song as a multi-modal instantiation of music and language is its participatory nature, making it ideal for sociolinguistic analysis. In this sense, a folk song is the product of specific types of developing social interaction whose major purpose is the construction of a temporally and locally based community. Through repeated instantiations, this can lead to disparate communities of practice, which, over time, develop sociocultural registers and a communal stance towards aspects of meaningful events in everyday lives that become typical of a discourse community.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Creating Community and Identity through Song: 1. Language and music
- 2. 'Breaking through' into performance'
- 3. The communality of folk song
- 4. Answering back: rebels with and without a cause
- Part II. Variation in Language and Folk Song: 5. 'The times they are a-changing'
- 6. Ideologies, authenticities and traditions
- 7. 'Insects caught in amber'
- Part III. Folk Song Performance and Linguistics: 8. Voices in the folk song
- 9. The song: text and entextualisation in performance
- 10. Going out there and doing your thing
- 11. Enregisterment through song
- 12. Whither folk song, whither sociolinguistics?
- Appendix: overview of musical concepts.
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