Language, the Singer and the Song

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'Language, the Singer and the Song offers a thorough and convincing sociolinguistic exploration of folk songs. The book refreshes and enlarges our understanding of language and music as communication systems.' Massimo Sturiale, University of Catania-Ragusa, Italy 'Graduate students, undergraduates and sociolinguists who are conducting research or who are interested in relations between language and music will find this work appealing and unique in how it approaches both modes ... The chapters could also be adapted to a variety of graduate or undergraduate courses in sociolinguistics ... I found this book very timely in how Watts and Morrissey utilize concepts from third wave approaches to sociolinguistic variation (Eckert, 2012) to handle folk song performance. The year 2020 has given us a lot to think about and this work offers us a means through which we can all 'answer back'.' Andrew Jocuns, LINGUIST List 'It is an impressive resource for folk musicians, cultural theorists, and sociolinguists alike, and provides a welcome exploration into historical and current aspects of folk song performance and transmission, the timeless stories that folk songs tell, and the communities they build.' Andy Gibson, Language in Society