摘要
Abstract
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 Background
1．2 The Development of Rap songs
1．3 The Purpose of the Research
1．4 The Framework of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Previous Researches
2．1 Previous Researches on Lyrics
2．1．1 Non-linguistic Study on Lyrics
2．1．2 Linguistic Studies on Lyrics
2．2 Previous Researches on AAVE at Home and Abroad
2．2．1 Study of AAVE Abroad
2．2．2 Study of AAVE at Home
2．3 Previous Researches on Deviation
2．3．1 The Studies of Deviation Abroad
2．3．2 The Studies of Deviation at Home
Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation
3．1 Deviation
3．1．1 Concept of Deviation
3．1．2 Deviation vs．Norm
3．1．3 Formal Realization
3．2 Standard English
3．3 African American Vernacular English
3．3．1 Definition of African American Vernacular English
3．3．2 The Development of African American Vernacular English
Chapter 4 Stylistic Deviation of African American Vernacular English in Rap Song Lyrics
4．1 Phonetic Deviation
4．1．1 Liaison
4．1．2 Ellipsis
4．1．3 Rhyme
4．1．4 Onomatopoeia
4．2 Morphological Deviation
4．2．1 Slang Words
4．2．2 Abbreviation
4．2．3 Neologism and Nonce-formation
4．2．4 Borrowing
4．2．5 Four-letter Words
4．3 Syntactic Deviation
4．3．1 The Use of “be”
4．3．2 Double Negative
4．3．3 Sentence Length
4．3．4 Elliptical Sentences
4．3．5 Inversion
4．3．6 Imperative Sentences
4．3．7 Rhetorical Sentences
4．3．8 Parallelism
4．4 Discoursal Deviation
4．4．1 Lexical Cohesion
4．4．2 Grammatical Cohesion
4．4．3 Genres of Lyrical Discourses
Chapter 5 The Cause and influence of Deviation
5．1 Historical and Political Reasons
5．1．1 Slave Trade
5．1．2 Liberation Movement
5．1．3 African-American Civil Rights Movement
5．2 The Influence of Rap Songs on the society
Chapter 6 Pragmatic Functions of the Deviation
6．1 Meeting the Demand of Singing
6．2 Achieving Aesthetic Effect
6．3 Achieving Freshness
6．4 Being Special
6．5 Leading the Fashion
6．6 Being Catchy
6．7 Conveying Connotative Meaning
Chapter 7 Conclusion
7．1 General Summary of the Thesis
7．2 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Studies
Bibliography
Appendix 1：Rap Songs
Appendix 2：Other Songs
Appendix 3：Questionnaire
Acknowledgements
声明
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