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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Take That, Westlife, and the Backstreet Boys : A Linguistic Analysis of the Discourses Surfacing in Boyband Names
:
A Linguistic Analysis of the Discourses Surfacing in Boyband Names
Contributor:
Motschenbacher, Heiko
Published:
University Library System, University of Pittsburgh, 2024
Published in:
Names, 72 (2024) 3, Seite 28-39
Language:
Without Specification
DOI:
10.5195/names.2024.2360
ISSN:
1756-2279;
0027-7738
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
This study conducts a multi-level linguistic analysis of a corpus of 316 boyband names. Grammatical and semantic analyses are harnessed to shed light on the discourses surfacing across such names. The discursive patterns identified are in general related to the negotiation of masculinity as it unfolds within partly clashing norms in relation to three major aspects: the male artists’ construction of masculinity, the tastes of the mainly female target audience, and the genre conventions of boyband pop music.