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Dedicated to the study of language variation and change in American English, with special regard to the West, pop lyrics, and social media.

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New Old Data

May 01, 2020 by Lamont Antieau in corpus linguistics, lyric analysis, variation in lyrics

A description of a new set of lyric data that I am currently editing and hope to start performing linguistic analysis on soon

May 01, 2020 /Lamont Antieau

billboard year end charts 1946-1950

corpus linguistics, lyric analysis, variation in lyrics

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2017 year-end Top Ten lyrics in review

May 16, 2019 by Lamont Antieau in corpus linguistics, lexical variation, review, variation in lyrics

A review of song lyrics from year-end Top Ten Billboard charts from 2017

May 16, 2019 /Lamont Antieau

2017 lyrics in review

corpus linguistics, lexical variation, review, variation in lyrics

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MLK and pop music

January 18, 2017 by Lamont Antieau in corpus analysis, corpus linguistics, lyric analysis

An analysis of the most frequent words in a collection of speeches and writings of Martin Luther King, Jr., and their use in Top 10 music (1951-2016)

January 18, 2017 /Lamont Antieau

the linguistic legacy of martin luther king, martin luther king words, word search

corpus analysis, corpus linguistics, lyric analysis

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Eggcorn redux

November 19, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus linguistics, language variation

A post consolidating and linking to my earlier posts on eggcorns in the lyrics of popular music and social media

November 19, 2016 /Lamont Antieau

corpus linguistics, language variation

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Sum Pipiatio (or Titiatio)*: Common Latin words and phrases in tweets

February 02, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus analysis, corpus linguistics

A post on how Latin words and phrases that are commonly used in English perform on Twitter

February 02, 2016 /Lamont Antieau

latin terms in tweets, word search

corpus analysis, corpus linguistics

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The Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies →

November 16, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in linguistic essay, language variation, corpus dialectology, corpus linguistics, dialectology

An introduction to the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies for readers who are not familiar with the project.

November 16, 2015 /Lamont Antieau

dialectology, corpus linguistics, linguistic atlas of the western states, western american english, rocky mountains, lee pederson, linguistic atlas of the middle rockies, rocky mountain english, american west, LAMR intro post

linguistic essay, language variation, corpus dialectology, corpus linguistics, dialectology

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