Form and Function in Human Song

People will identify song functions solely from form. Additionally, individuals will make comparable inferences to others.

Form-function inferences were made for three common songs found universally - dance songs, healing songs, and lullabies- but not for love songs.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Multiple Regression	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Song Function	Dependent	Music
Form	Independent	Music, Musical Instruments

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Mehr, Samuel A.	2018	Contextual and musical features will aid people in accurately identifying song functions.	Partially Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kapitány, Rohan	2020	Rituals have coherent underlying structural features.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Mehr, Samuel A.	2019	There is a positive relationship between song and behavior cross-culturally.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lomax, Alan	1968	Social complexity is positively associated with the following characteristics of song styles: wordiness, precision of articulation, explicitness, and narrow melodic intervals (128-137).	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lomax, Alan	1968	"There is a strong relationship between increase of layering [social stratification] and elaboration in song style" (153).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author