"Say, Say, My Playmate": Music and Language Socialization in Children's Clapping Games
dc.contributor.advisor | Weinberg, Miranda | |
dc.contributor.author | Coberly, Grace | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-15T17:48:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-07-15T17:48:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis uses the framework of language socialization to investigate the socializing potential of children's clapping games. Adapting Schieffelin and Och's 1986 definition of language socialization to refer to music, I establish that 1) music socialization is the coincidence of socialization through music and socialization to use music, and 2) music learners are active contributors to their own socialization. I reinforce these claims by drawing connections between a number of practices and terms — routine, variation, improvisation, evaluation, and common vernacular — in both linguistic and musical settings. My analysis of data borrowed from Curtis (2004), Hubbard (1982), Marsh (1995, 2006), and Merrill-Mirsky (1988), shows that routines, variations, and musical features in clapping games are evaluated and acted upon jointly by multiple members of a given group, demonstrating the performers' reliance on a common musical and cultural understanding. I conclude that music socialization is a tangible and active process, and that a detailed comprehension of its principles would benefit researchers and educators alike. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Tri-College (Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges). Department of Linguistics | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10066/23704 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.rights.access | Open Access | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.title | "Say, Say, My Playmate": Music and Language Socialization in Children's Clapping Games | |
dc.type | Thesis |