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dc.contributor.authorDavies, Matt
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-27T08:21:03Z
dc.date.available2022-10-27T08:21:03Z
dc.identifierhttps://chesterrep.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10034/627255/Chapter%207%20-%20Davies.pdf?sequence=1
dc.identifier.citationDavies, M. (forthcoming 2022). “What’s a computer?” Intuition meets the science law in a complete Fall lyrics corpus. In E. Devereux & M. J. Power (Eds.), Always different, always the same: Critical essays on The Fall. Rowman & Littlefield.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781538165355en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/627255
dc.description.abstractThis chapter outlines experiments with the Wmatrix software programme in identifying significant semantic categories and thematic patterns in a corpus of the complete Fall lyrics, from their inception in 1977 to the death of frontman Mark E Smith in 2018. The 84,703 words is edited down to 60,720 words to remove repetition, and researcher intuition is balanced against the results generated by the software. The findings, for instance, that the words 'man' and 'head' and the semantic category 'Anatomy and Physiology' are deemed highly significant, open up pathways for further investigation into one of the most prolific and dense lyrical outputs in modern popular music history.en_US
dc.publisherRowman & Littlefielden_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538165355en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectThe Fallen_US
dc.subjectMark E Smithen_US
dc.subjectPost-punken_US
dc.subjectCorpus linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectWMatrixen_US
dc.subjectPopular music lyricsen_US
dc.subjectDiscourse analysisen_US
dc.title“What’s a computer?” Intuition Meets the Science Law in a Complete Fall Lyrics Corpusen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Chesteren_US
or.grant.openaccessYesen_US
rioxxterms.funderUnfundeden_US
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUnfundeden_US
rioxxterms.versionAMen_US
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2222-12-01
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-07-05
rioxxterms.publicationdate2022-12-01
dc.date.deposited2022-10-27en_US


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