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1、DingyuWang(515370910026)VylOOProfessorThorpe12.13.2015EnjoytheConfusingMusic:theVagueChineseinPopSongsLastFridayIwenttoacafeandheardamelodicsong.Itwasaprettysong,butitconfusedmemorethanitdelightedme・Ihadnoideawhatthesingerwassinging!AsChinadevelops,therealsodevelopsawidevar
2、ietyofmodemChinesepopmusicbasedonthewesternpopmusic,soChinesepeoplenowcanenjoydifferentforeigngenresinChinese.However,Chinesepopsongsinthe21stcenturydoabadjobonconveyingtheircontexttotheaudiencebecausetheaudienceshavedifficultiesunderstandingwhatthesingersaresingingwhenther
3、earenolyricsprovidedforpeopletoread.Lyricsdoplayanimportantroleinconstructingthecontextofapopsong.Althoughthemodeandthemelodyofasongcouldshapeitsaffection,ifsthelyricofthesongthatprovidestheexactcontextanddistinguishesitself.Forexample,“TheOldBoy”and“ARIGATOLT，aretwosongsth
4、athavetheidenticalmelodyandeventheidenticalaccompaniment,buttheformeroneexpressesthedifferencebetweenthepreviousdreamandthereality,whilethelatteronetalksaboutthekinship(ChopsticksBrother;MIZUNOYOSHIKI).Differentlyricsconstructdifferentcontexts,evenwiththesamemelodyandaccomp
5、animen匸Therefore,audienceshouldgetthelyricsaccuratelytounderstandtheexactcontext.However,audiencesinChinahavegreatdifficultyinunderstandingthelyricsofChinesepopsongsduetothefollowingthreefactors,andasaresult,thosesongsareweakinconveyingtheircontexttotheiraudience.First,thew
6、aythatmostpopsongsexpresstheirmeaningisdifferentfromthewayChinesepeoplespeakdaily.KaiXuandJiaoYenamethisphenomenon“thelanguagedefamiliarizationofthelyricsofpopsongs"(72).TheyfindthatChinesesongwritersoftenadoptthetricks"dislocatedmeanings”and“deviantcollocations^inordertoha
7、vespecialaestheticeffect(72)."Dislocatedmeanings^meansthemeaningofawordisextendedor"teleported^toanothermeaningthathassomerelationtoitsoriginalmeaningand"deviantcollocations^meansthecollocationsthatviolatethelanguageconvention,forexample,theconnectionoftheabstractconceptand
8、theconcretenoun.Thesetwotricks,whicharepopularinChinesesongs,defamiliarizethesente
