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Pop songs that refer to winter, just in time for the solstice

December 22, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in music video essay

A series of videos featuring popular American songs (1951-2014) that refer to Old Man Winter, to celebrate the solstice

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December 22, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
songs for the solstice, winter songs, songs about winter
music video essay
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"I got me a fiddle": Personal datives in pop music (1951-2014)

December 18, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in corpus analysis, music video essay

In this post, I look at personal datives in American popular music (1951-2014) and provide videos of several songs that feature personal datives.

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December 18, 2015 /Lamont Antieau /Source
personal datives, personal datives in pop music
corpus analysis, music video essay
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The rise (and fall?) of "y'all" in pop music (1951-2014)

December 08, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in music video essay, corpus analysis

Here, I examine the use of y'all in American popular music (1951-2014).

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December 08, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
language variation in pop music, y'all in the top ten, rise and fall of y'all in pop music
music video essay, corpus analysis
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Broaching the subject of war in American pop music (1951-2014)

December 07, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in music video essay, corpus analysis

The post looks at how the subject of war has been addressed in American popular music (1951-2014)

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December 07, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
war in pop music
music video essay, corpus analysis
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a-prefixing in pop music (1951-2014)

December 04, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in corpus analysis, music video essay

An analysis of a-prefixing (e.g. in a-laughing and a-singing) as it occurs in American pop music (1951-2014), with accompanying videos featuring songs in which it is used

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December 04, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
a-prefixing in pop music, language variation in pop music
corpus analysis, music video essay
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Sports idioms in Top Ten music (1951-2014)

November 29, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in corpus analysis, music video essay

Here I take a look at how sports idioms are used in American pop music (1951-2014) and provide videos of songs in which of these idioms are used.

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November 29, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
sports idioms in pop music, pop lyrics, sports idioms, idioms, word search
corpus analysis, music video essay
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Eggcorns in Top 10 lyrics

November 22, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in corpus analysis, music video essay

A presentation of eggcorns found in a collection of lyrics from American pop music (1951-2014), with accompanying videos

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November 22, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
eggcorns in pop music, pop music
corpus analysis, music video essay
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"Sunday" in Billboard year-end Top 10 lyrics (1951-2014)

November 22, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in music video essay

A series of videos featuring American pop songs (1951-2014) with the word Sunday in them

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November 22, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
lyrics, sunday, corpus linguistics, billboard year-end top ten (1951-2014)
music video essay
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