Developing a LIWC Dictionary: The lyrical poetry of 2PAC, Frank Waln, Litefoot, and Nataanii Means

Authors

Teresa Y. Neely
Sarah Kostelecky
Monica Etsitty Dorame
Jorge Ricardo López-McKnight

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

8-10-2016

Abstract

The researchers developed a dictionary, DKL-MN2016, to use the LIWC (http://liwc.wpengine.com/) software to analyze the lyrics of 4 activist, rapper, hiphop artists who are men of color, to answer two research questions: Do Native American male rappers address socioeconomic issues in their lyrics? and How does the lyrical content of Native American male rappers compare Tupac Shakur’s lyrical content written before 1996?

Publisher

Presented at the National Diversity in Libraries 2016 Conference (#NDLIC'16), Los Angeles, CA, August 10-13, 2016

Language (ISO)

English

Keywords

Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count, LIWC, dictionary, Tupac Shakur, 2Pac, Nataanii Means, Frank Waln, Litefoot, Gary Paul Davis, hiphop, rap, lyrics, poetry

Recommended Citation

Neely, Teresa Y.; Sarah Kostelecky; Monica Etsitty Dorame; and Jorge Ricardo López-McKnight. "Developing a LIWC Dictionary: The lyrical poetry of 2PAC, Frank Waln, Litefoot, and Nataanii Means." (2016). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ulls_fsp/110