Measuring the vocabulary burden of popular English songs [PDF]
This study measured the vocabulary burden of popular English songs to determine what vocabulary is needed to understand 95% and 98% of the words in songs. The researcher analyzed the vocabulary in 2,175 songs, which consisted of 678,309 tokens.
Rick Romanko
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The recording career of Vasílis Tsitsánis (1936-1983) An analysis of his music and the problems of research into Greek popular music [PDF]
There is a clear and abundant evidence to suggest that Vasílis Tsitsánis (1915-1984) was a well known songwriter, bouzouki virtuoso, lyricist and singer both in Greece and abroad.
Ordoulidis, Nikolaos
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I Cannot Sing You Here, But For Songs of Where: Contemporary Alt-folksong and Articulations of Place [PDF]
This practice-based research questions the potential defining characteristics and status of contemporary alt-folksong and its role(s) in the articulation of place through a collection of twelve original songs with accompanying written research.
Lamb, John R. B.
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READING TEXT POPULAR SONG INDONESIA: STUDY SEMIOTIC-HEURISTIC
. This paper is the result of the research that based on the phenomenon in Indonesia today. The texts of Indonesian popular songs that part of the literature which create new vocabularies or make the modification of old language.
Rika Widawati
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An Analysis of Figurative Languages on Teressa Teng’s Song Lyrics
This research was entitled “An Analysis of Figurative languages on Teressa Teng’s Song Lyrics”. Teressa Teng was a singer from Taiwan who was highly admired in Taiwan and China.
Risca Chairiah Tanjung +2 more
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Cantacronache 1958-1962. Politica e protesta in musica
At the end of the 50s the italian band from Turin, named Cantacronache, created social and political songs, so contributing to the birth of a new musical genre in Italy.
Chiara Ferrari
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Popular Banjar Song: Study on Music Form and Media Culture
Technological developments in society and their social practices contribute to the popularity of folk songs. In this regard, this study aims: (1) to analyze the form of popular Banjar song music, and (2) to analyze the discourse and culture-media context
Sumasno Hadi, Sulisno Sulisno
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CODE-SWITCHING IN INDONESIAN POPULAR SONGS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
Code-switching is a common phenomenon in a bilingual and multilingual society. People utilize codes in different forms of interactions for various reasons and functions.
Rahmawaty Kadir
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Using Singing Method Assisted by Popular Children's Song Application in Mufrodat Learning
This study aims to determine the mufrodat memorization ability using the singing method assisted by the Popular Children's Song Application. Fifteen children aged 7-10 years participated in this study to take part in the "I Love Arabic" program in the ...
Ridha Rahmatannisa +3 more
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Resistance, protest and configurations of time, space and place in Herbs’ Pacific reggae songs
This paper begins by exploring the notions of resistance and protest in popular music. Although the terms have been used in Anglophone discussions of popular music for some hundred years, there is a tendency to treat them as synonymous.
Elizabeth Turner
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