Description
| Product ID: | 9781107533042 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Language, the Singer and the Song |
| Subtitle: | The Sociolinguistics of Folk Performance |
| Authors: | Author: Franz Andres Morrissey, Richard J. Watts |
| Page Count: | 390 |
| Subjects: | Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics |
| Description: | Language and music have much in common, such as rhythm, structure, sound and metaphor. Drawing on ideas from linguistics, performance studies and musicology, this monograph proposes a sociolinguistic model for analysing song and performance. It addresses a readership of sociolinguists and scholars and students in musicology and performance studies. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-10-28 |
