Anne Storch
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199768974
- eISBN:
- 9780199914425
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199768974.003.0001
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics
After giving an overview of the history of research on African manipulated languages and the meanings attributed to the phenomenon by Africanists, the consequences that speakers' choices may actually ...
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After giving an overview of the history of research on African manipulated languages and the meanings attributed to the phenomenon by Africanists, the consequences that speakers' choices may actually have for language history are discussed in this chapter. Moreover, key concepts that help to define manipulated language are introduced. These are important to deal with first, as manipulated languages share a number of features and are characterized by some particular principles, which are explored in the remaining chapters of this study. One example is the evasive nature of the word and the transitional character of derived forms of communication, from which they themselves benefit in a very creative form, by underscoring the transformational character of manipulated forms of communication and thus negating evasiveness to a certain extent. Manipulation can also be understood as an act of subversion here, constructing an opposition to its existence as part of a whole, and thereby, in a fantastically productive contradiction, strengthening the source from which they emanate.Less
After giving an overview of the history of research on African manipulated languages and the meanings attributed to the phenomenon by Africanists, the consequences that speakers' choices may actually have for language history are discussed in this chapter. Moreover, key concepts that help to define manipulated language are introduced. These are important to deal with first, as manipulated languages share a number of features and are characterized by some particular principles, which are explored in the remaining chapters of this study. One example is the evasive nature of the word and the transitional character of derived forms of communication, from which they themselves benefit in a very creative form, by underscoring the transformational character of manipulated forms of communication and thus negating evasiveness to a certain extent. Manipulation can also be understood as an act of subversion here, constructing an opposition to its existence as part of a whole, and thereby, in a fantastically productive contradiction, strengthening the source from which they emanate.
Diana Holmes and David Looseley
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780719078163
- eISBN:
- 9781781705056
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719078163.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This book, which is about what ‘popular culture’ means in France, and how the term's shifting meanings have been negotiated and contested, represents a theoretically informed study of the way that ...
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This book, which is about what ‘popular culture’ means in France, and how the term's shifting meanings have been negotiated and contested, represents a theoretically informed study of the way that popular culture is lived, imagined, fought over and negotiated in modern and contemporary France. It covers a wide range of overarching concerns: the roles of state policy, the market, political ideologies, changing social contexts and new technologies in the construction of the popular. But the book also provides a set of specific case studies showing how popular songs, stories, films, TV programmes and language styles have become indispensable elements of ‘culture’ in France. Deploying yet also rethinking a ‘Cultural Studies’ approach to the popular, it therefore challenges dominant views of what French culture really means today.Less
This book, which is about what ‘popular culture’ means in France, and how the term's shifting meanings have been negotiated and contested, represents a theoretically informed study of the way that popular culture is lived, imagined, fought over and negotiated in modern and contemporary France. It covers a wide range of overarching concerns: the roles of state policy, the market, political ideologies, changing social contexts and new technologies in the construction of the popular. But the book also provides a set of specific case studies showing how popular songs, stories, films, TV programmes and language styles have become indispensable elements of ‘culture’ in France. Deploying yet also rethinking a ‘Cultural Studies’ approach to the popular, it therefore challenges dominant views of what French culture really means today.
Adam Ockelford
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198744443
- eISBN:
- 9780191805776
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744443.003.0007
- Subject:
- Psychology, Music Psychology, Developmental Psychology
This chapter explores the relationship between autism and musical development. It is suggested that autism creates an “exceptional early cognitive environment,” which presents challenges for ...
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This chapter explores the relationship between autism and musical development. It is suggested that autism creates an “exceptional early cognitive environment,” which presents challenges for children’s language acquisition and use, and affects their ability to grasp the functional significance of everyday sounds, which may be processed primarily in terms of their perceptual qualities. At the same time, music is ubiquitous in the lives of many children, and (unlike language) it is self-referencing in nature; the meaning of music lies in the relationships between sounds rather than in their capacity to convey symbolic information. These factors create a tendency among some autistic children for all sounds to be processed as music. This cognitive style has a number of consequences, including a high incidence of absolute pitch (“AP”) among those on the spectrum, and the tendency of such children to teach themselves to play by ear, given access to an appropriate instrument.Less
This chapter explores the relationship between autism and musical development. It is suggested that autism creates an “exceptional early cognitive environment,” which presents challenges for children’s language acquisition and use, and affects their ability to grasp the functional significance of everyday sounds, which may be processed primarily in terms of their perceptual qualities. At the same time, music is ubiquitous in the lives of many children, and (unlike language) it is self-referencing in nature; the meaning of music lies in the relationships between sounds rather than in their capacity to convey symbolic information. These factors create a tendency among some autistic children for all sounds to be processed as music. This cognitive style has a number of consequences, including a high incidence of absolute pitch (“AP”) among those on the spectrum, and the tendency of such children to teach themselves to play by ear, given access to an appropriate instrument.
