In:English Rock and Pop Performances: A sociolinguistic investigation of British and American language perceptions and attitudes
Lisa Jansen
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 51] 2022
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Published online: 10 March 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.51.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.51.toc
Table of contents
List of figures and tables
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
1.Introduction
1
2.Language performances as an object of sociolinguistic investigation
5
2.1Pop culture and language performances
6
2.2Language performances in the third wave of sociolinguistics
9
2.3The sociolinguistic significance of language performances
12
3.Singing as language performance
15
3.1The performer: Motivations for singing styles
19
3.1.1The American role model: A classic case of referee design
20
3.1.2Two trends: Going mainstream and going local
22
3.1.3Further reasons for style-shifting in singing
26
3.1.4Revisiting theories on language performance in music
28
3.2The audience: Change of perspective
30
3.2.1Case I: Arctic Monkeys
32
3.2.2Case II: Joss Stone
34
3.2.3Case III: One Direction
35
3.2.4Case IV: Rihanna
36
3.2.5First insights into the audience’s perspective
37
3.3Making a case for folk-linguistic research into music performances
1
4.Qualitative data and analysis
41
4.1Methodology and data collection
43
4.1.1Online survey
47
4.1.2Auditory stimuli
47
4.1.3Participants
51
4.1.4The guided interview: Procedure
52
4.2Data analysis and processing
54
4.3Reviewing indexical fields
63
5.Results I: Perception of stimuli
69
5.1Perception of rock stimuli
69
5.1.1The Subways: “Celebrity”
69
5.1.2Band of Skulls: “The Devil Takes Care of His Own”
72
5.1.3Bush: “The Heart of the Matter”
74
5.1.4The Subways: “It’s a Party”
76
5.1.5The Black Keys: “Little Black Submarines”
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5.2Perception of pop stimuli
81
5.2.1Cheryl: “Girl in the Mirror”
81
5.2.2Jessie J: “It’s My Party”
83
5.2.3Olly Murs: “Hey You Beautiful”
86
5.2.4McFly: “End of the World”
87
5.2.5Taylor Swift: “Stay Stay Stay”
89
5.3Interim summary: Perception of stimuli
92
6.Results II: The discussion phase
99
6.1Attitudes toward singing styles and genres
99
6.2Associative fields of singing styles and genres
109
6.2.1Associative field: American(ized) singing style and pop music
110
6.2.2Associative field: Going local and rock music
114
7.Discussion
117
7.1Perception of linguistic and non-linguistic features in the stimuli
117
7.2British and American attitudes toward an American(ized) accent and local vernaculars in music
125
7.3Reflections on data and method
130
8.Concluding remarks
133
References
137
Appendices
1
Appendix I.Orthographic and phonetic transcriptions of the stimuli
147
Appendix II.Codebook
157
Index
191
