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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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