Janet Bourne
Biographic Data
| ID | 3861447 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Bourne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Bourne |
| SIGNATURE | BOURNE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bates College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Survey of the Impact of Covid-19 on Music Theorists
We administered an online survey to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the productivity and work/life balance of people who teach music theory and/or aural skills in higher education. The survey included quantitative and qualitative questions about research, 2020–2021 teaching, 2021–2022 teaching, service, and the relationship between work and personal life. According to the survey data, music theorists felt that their ability to work o…
Perceiving Irony in Music: The Problem in Beethoven’s String Quartets
Hatten (".fn_cite_year($hatten_1994).") writes that if musical passages are "inappropriate to the context of the movement . . . an ironic interpretation would be one way to reconcile that inappropriateness as a compositional effect rather than a flaw" (185). Is there something systematic that prompts listeners to interpret musical "inappropriateness" as ironic? Building upon Hatten's work, this article explores how a listener might infer irony in…
Schema Theory as a Construction Grammar
Construction grammar, recently described as "the fastest growing linguistic and interdisciplinary approach to language" (Goldberg 2013, 30) has its foundations in the psychology of human categorization and other general cognitive abilities. So does schema theory in music. In the first extended comparison of these research programs, we present six central principles of construction grammar and demonstrate their relevance and applicability to schem…
Schema Theory as a Construction Grammar
Construction grammar, recently described as "the fastest growing linguistic and interdisciplinary approach to language" (Goldberg 2013, 30) has its foundations in the psychology of human categorization and other general cognitive abilities. So does schema theory in music. In the first extended comparison of these research programs, we present six central principles of construction grammar and demonstrate their relevance and applicability to schem…
Schema Theory as a Construction Grammar
Construction grammar, recently described as "the fastest growing linguistic and interdisciplinary approach to language" (Goldberg 2013, 30) has its foundations in the psychology of human categorization and other general cognitive abilities. So does schema theory in music. In the first extended comparison of these research programs, we present six central principles of construction grammar and demonstrate their relevance and applicability to schem…
Perceiving Irony in Music: The Problem in Beethoven’s String Quartets
Hatten (".fn_cite_year($hatten_1994).") writes that if musical passages are "inappropriate to the context of the movement . . . an ironic interpretation would be one way to reconcile that inappropriateness as a compositional effect rather than a flaw" (185). Is there something systematic that prompts listeners to interpret musical "inappropriateness" as ironic? Building upon Hatten's work, this article explores how a listener might infer irony in…
A Survey of the Impact of Covid-19 on Music Theorists
We administered an online survey to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the productivity and work/life balance of people who teach music theory and/or aural skills in higher education. The survey included quantitative and qualitative questions about research, 2020–2021 teaching, 2021–2022 teaching, service, and the relationship between work and personal life. According to the survey data, music theorists felt that their ability to work o…
Art (2 works) · Neuroscience and Music Perception (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Categorization (1 works) · Cognitive science (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Construction Grammar (1 works) · Grammar (1 works)