29.4412, Books: A Discourse Analysis of Luo Traditional Dirges: Atoh

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Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2018 12:24:24
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: A Discourse Analysis of Luo Traditional Dirges: Atoh

 


Title: A Discourse Analysis of Luo Traditional Dirges 
Subtitle: The Discourse Strategies in Dirge Music Performance 
Series Title: Linguistics Edition 117  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: lincom-shop.eu/LE-117-A-Discourse-Analysis-of-Luo-Traditional-Dirges 


Author: Fred Ochieng’ Atoh

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862889174 Pages: 254 Price: Europe EURO 74.80


Abstract:

This study investigated the discourse strategies which the dirge singer uses
to communicate with his audience. It was based on the dirge by the Luo people
of Kenya. The study analysed the use of language in song as spoken text with a
view to examining the emerging linguistic patterns and discourse
characteristics of song text which facilitate effective communication. It was
premised on the argument that the spoken text bears certain similarities with
the written text and also expresses its meaning through additional properties
of speech such as paralinguistic and contextual elements. It was assumed that
the song discourse structure can be effectively analysed using the Discourse
Representation Theory (DRT) since it provided the tools to analyse textual
progression within the discourse and how discourse strategies are distributed
and applied to help construct a harmonious discourse structure. To deal with
non-linguistics performance features, a Cohesion approach was used as a
subsidiary tool within the DRT. The research was largely library and field
based. The materials were transcribed into textual forms for analysis and
discussions. Non-participant observation was used because the data was mainly
in the form of recorded and transcribed musical material that did not require
elaborate field observation.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis

Subject Language(s): Luo (luo)


Written In: English  (eng)

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