Essays about: "song remakes"

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  1. 1. French pop music remakes in Turkey: A cognitive semiotic inquiry into cultural transfer

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Azize Günes; [2017]
    Keywords : Popular music; song remakes; song adaptation; song translation; Turkey; Turkish pop music; French pop music; cultural transfer; cognitive semiotics; cultural communication; westernization; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the importation, transformation and distribution of French popular music in Turkey during the 20th century have been investigated as a case study of cultural transfer. By using theories and methods within a cognitive semiotic framework, this study provides an overview of the phenomenon of French pop music remakes in Turkey by accounting for the initial situation of communication of remade pop music through recorded materials, and by providing an analysis of the changes made to the songs when transformed from French to Turkish, as well as the linguistic meanings that were made available to the Turkish public in this process. READ MORE