Shifter (popular music)

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In the lyrics of popular music a shifter (Durant 1984) is word, often a pronoun, "where reference varies according to who is speaking, when and where" (Middleton 1990, p.167), such as "I", "you", "my", "our". For example, who is the "my" of "My Generation"?

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  • Middleton, Richard (1990/2002). Studying Popular Music. Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN 0-335-15275-9.
    • Durant, Alan (1984).


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