Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Chattah, Juan Roque
Author's Email Address	juanchattah@yahoo.com
URN	etd-04042006-140957
Title	Semiotics, Pragmatics, and Metaphor in Film Music Analysis
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	Music, College of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Matthew Shaftel Committee Co-Chair Michael Buchler Committee Co-Chair Denise Von Glahn Committee Member James Mathes Committee Member
Keywords	Leitmotif Onomatopoeia Sound Design Sound Denotation Connotation Tagg Hatten Peirce Saussure Musical Gesture Multimedia Signified Signifier Troping Index Symbol Icon Synecdoche Metonymy Irony Lakoff Soundtrack Topic Fauconnier Turner Theory Music Theory Cinema Cartoon Hollywood Johnson
Date of Defense	2006-02-01
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This dissertation proposes an interdisciplinary approach that aims to broaden the music-theoretical strategies employed to analyze film music by borrowing analytical models from the disciplines of semiotics and pragmatics. The examination and application of semiotic and pragmatic models developed by Fauconnier and Turner, Lakoff and Johnson, and Peirce (among others), is complemented by traditional music analysis. This interface crystallizes in considerations of formal design, melodic contour, pitch content, harmonic gestures, cadential formulas, and other structural aspects of the music. The repertoire analyzed consists primarily of recent Hollywood film soundtracks from a wide variety of genres including cartoons, musicals, and documentaries. The result is an analytical framework that allows for the recognition of fundamental processes lying at the very heart of film music interpretation.
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