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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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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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