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Why are song lyrics becoming simpler? a time series analysis of lyrical complexity in six decades of American popular music

Song lyrics are rich in meaning. In recent years, the lyrical content of popular songs has been used as an index of culture’s shifting norms, affect, and values. One particular, newly uncovered, trend is that lyrics of popular songs have become increasingly simple over time. Why might this be? Here,...

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Autores principales: Varnum, Michael E. W., Krems, Jaimie Arona, Morris, Colin, Wormley, Alexandra, Grossmann, Igor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7806124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33439881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244576