Repetition (rhetorical device)

Linguistics

Engineering

Philosophy

Human language

Music and emotion

Music psychology

Musical form

Neuroscience

Music

Syntax

Literature

Cognition

Pedagogy

Parallels

Cognitive science

Mechanical engineering

Musical

Aesthetics

Musicality

Psychology

Music education

Rhythm

Annual Review of Linguistics

This review presents a highly selective survey of connections between music and language. I begin by considering some fundamental differences between music and language and some nonspecific similarities that may arise out of more general characteristics of human cognition and communication. I then discuss an important, specific interaction between music and language: the connection between linguistic stress and musical meter. Next, I consider several possible connections that have been widely studied but remain controversial: cross-cultural correlations between linguistic and musical rhythm, effects of musical training on linguistic abilities, and connections in cognitive processing between music and linguistic syntax. Finally, I discuss some parallels regarding the use of repetition in music and language, which until now has been a little-explored topic.

Music and Language