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Bob Dylan’s world of words
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Abstract
This chapter asks how Bob Dylan’s lyrics can be analysed as motivated style. It examines the output of Wmatrix for
six of Dylan’s most appreciated albums across four decades, taking a close look at quantitative patterns of overuse of
semantic fields in comparison with a small reference corpus of American English. Findings are discussed in terms of
similarities and differences between Dylan’s lyrics and published written general American English, both between the two sets
of data as a whole and for each album by itself. Questions about motivated style are addressed against the background of
general language patterns, register, and style. In this way, the chapter offers a specific picture of how stylistic analysis
of Bob Dylan’s world of words can be made more precise in future stylistic research.
Title: Bob Dylan’s world of words
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Abstract
This chapter asks how Bob Dylan’s lyrics can be analysed as motivated style.
It examines the output of Wmatrix for
six of Dylan’s most appreciated albums across four decades, taking a close look at quantitative patterns of overuse of
semantic fields in comparison with a small reference corpus of American English.
Findings are discussed in terms of
similarities and differences between Dylan’s lyrics and published written general American English, both between the two sets
of data as a whole and for each album by itself.
Questions about motivated style are addressed against the background of
general language patterns, register, and style.
In this way, the chapter offers a specific picture of how stylistic analysis
of Bob Dylan’s world of words can be made more precise in future stylistic research.
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