Music related to Linguistics & Lx-Anthro?

[Marco Jacquemet]

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2073

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Alexandre Enkerli <enkerli at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you do sound symbolism, this one may be interesting:
> Daniela Mercury "Groove Da Baiana" from /Sol Da Liberade/.
> http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/groove-da-baiana/id311571977?i=311571998
>
> Disclaimer, I don't understand a word of Brazilan Portuguese. But, when it
> came up in my playlist, it made me think of sound symbolism and I think
> there might be both onomatopoeia and broader forms of sound symbolism in
> there.
> And it's definitely upbeat.
>
> The only transcriptions I can find for those lyrics are on annoying sites
> with popups and such. So I won't post a link.
> From what little I can get, the song does talk about music (what some
> ethnomusicologists tend to label "metalinguistic," though it's more
> metamusical than anything). Actually, it seems to be about learning the
> musical genre, with relationships to either Creole language or culture.
> There are other cultural references including food and beverages.
> What sounded like bell onomatopoeia is apparently a version of "tem" which,
> if I understand correctly, is a form of the auxiliary verb "to have."
> Funnily enough, the part which seemed most "sound symbolic," to me, looks
> like the French term «prêt-à-porter» but pronounced in a rather specific
> way. Loanwords, ideophones, and sound symbolism do tend to share certain
> characteristics, right?
>
> Anyhoo... Not sure it's that useful but, if I were a student in Richard's
> class and if sound symbolism were a topic in that class, I'd give this one
> as an example and get in touch with a native speaker of Brazilian
> Portuguese.
>
> Just sayin'.
>
> --
> Alexandre
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 09:54, Richard J Senghas
> <Richard.Senghas at sonoma.edu>wrote:
>
> > Hey Folks,
> >
> > Well, this sure turned out to be a rich vein!
> >
> > Thanks for all the suggestions.  I see I've got myself a more complex
> > compilation task than I expected, but here's what I plan to do.  First,
> I'll
> > browse through the suggestions for my initial primary intention: finding
> > upbeat music related to anthro-lx that can help energize the students
> just
> > before class starts.  Once I've done that, I'll then turn to categorizing
> > the various suggestions for how they might be used in class to address
> > various specific topics or themes.
> >
> > I'll probably post these in fits and starts as I work through them.  (In
> > the meantime, the messages themselves can serve as a temporary archive we
> > can consult.)
> >
> > Thanks all, and do keep them coming!
> >
> > -RJS
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> >
>



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Marco Jacquemet
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