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Tokyo Night Fever : A study of English code-switching in Japanese 1970s & 1980s city pop

Östlie, Kevin LU (2020) JAPK11 20201
Japanese Studies
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to add further knowledge regarding the mixing of languages (code-switching) in Japanese popular music from the 1970s and 1980s. The genre of focus is the newly resurfaced musical style city-pop. Analysis of functional elements as well as a quantitative examination of three established code-switching types was made. Comparisons of the code-switching construction in song lyrics between the respective decades (1970s, 1980s) constitute a focal point. From the results, it could be seen that the 1980s lyrics contained the most amount of code-switches and that functions of the switches proved to be many.
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author
Östlie, Kevin LU
supervisor
organization
course
JAPK11 20201
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
code-switching, code-mixing, city-pop, Japanese, language study, music, disco, soft rock, funk, 1970s, 1980s
language
English
additional info
This thesis could not have been possible without the help of my supervisor who guided me through the process of writing an academic text. I equally want to thank the wonderful people who helped me with the translations of lyrics needed to publish this paper.
id
9031216
date added to LUP
2020-10-22 08:32:29
date last changed
2020-10-22 08:32:29
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this thesis is to add further knowledge regarding the mixing of languages (code-switching) in Japanese popular music from the 1970s and 1980s. The genre of focus is the newly resurfaced musical style city-pop. Analysis of functional elements as well as a quantitative examination of three established code-switching types was made. Comparisons of the code-switching construction in song lyrics between the respective decades (1970s, 1980s) constitute a focal point. From the results, it could be seen that the 1980s lyrics contained the most amount of code-switches and that functions of the switches proved to be many.}},
  author       = {{Östlie, Kevin}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Tokyo Night Fever : A study of English code-switching in Japanese 1970s & 1980s city pop}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}