Cançons que han fet mal

Poch Almar, Dolça

Cançons que han fet mal

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Poch Almar, D. Cançons que han fet mal. 2016. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/27823

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the normativity of the language used in songs in Catalan based on a corpus of five songs from 20 different musical artists, which makes a total of 100 songs analysed. This collection of songs aims to offer a general view on the use of normative Catalan in different periods and geographical areas in Catalonia. This is an aspect of the Catalan language that has not been studied yet. Since music can influence on the way listeners speak, it is important to use language properly so that a wrong use does not create, nor perpetuate incorrect forms that can end up taking root and changing the language. First, the paper presents the different groups or singers taking into account some other factors that may influence on their language skills, apart from the geographical and historical ones. After that, it analyses the errors and divides them into three main sections: morphosyntax, vocabulary and ortotypography. Finally, it concludes that, on the one hand, the results show that there are no specific trends neither temporal or geographical; but on the other hand, it shows that there is a large number of mistakes and that there are many different types of errors. Therefore, this work criticises the poor use of language in songs and vindicates proof-readers’ work to ensure linguistic correctness.