Fwd: another possible idea

[Alexa Champion]

Not to ask the obvious, but what kind of cultural studies or women's studies
folks do you have up there at Yale?

Alexa Champion

----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
To: <FLING at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 10:48 AM
Subject: Fwd: another possible idea


> Dear flingsters,
>
> Since everyone was so helpful last time I asked for suggestions for
> research relating to student project topics, and since there did seem to
be
> widespread interest on the list in those topics (gender differences in
> computer-mediated conversation and in speech to children), I thought I'd
> try again with a new topic.  This is the project as currently conceived by
> one of my students; she'll be very grateful for any pointers on what to
> read or look for.
>
> larry
>
> >I had another idea for something interesting to look at for my final
paper.
> >It would be an unscientific study of popular music from each of the
last...
> >five? decades, maybe the top ten songs of each year.  The things that men
> >and women sing about are different, as are the ways they express the
things
> >they sing about (even when they are the same, such as about a lover
giving
> >the cold shoulder or something).  Personally, I perceive stuff sung by
men
> >and women differently too (for instance, if a woman really misses a man,
she's
> >weak and pathetic, if a man really misses a woman, he's a romantic), and
> >imagine other people do too.  So it'd be cool to see what kinds of songs
> >from men and women the masses have wanted, and how that's changed over
the
> >years.  Has this been extensively studied already that you know of?
> >
>