TY - BOOK AU - Hatungimana,Claudine AU - Ayancho,Julius Suh ED - University of Burundi TI - A social cultural analysis of songs: the case of kirundi lullabies PY - 2016/// CY - Bujumbura PB - University of Burundi, Faculty of Arts and social sciences, department of english linguage and literature KW - BI-BuBU KW - Berceuse KW - Analyse socio-culturelles KW - Mémoire N1 - A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of the degree"Licence en langue et littérature Anglaises" N2 - RESUME, This study sets out to identify the socio-cultural prerequisites for the proper understanding of some Kirundi songs,especially lullabies. It shows how the words of language are symbolically displayed through a literary process via sociolinguistics.To understand songs,especially lullabies,one should have knowledge of the culture of the society in which those songs are uttered . For collecting the data,I used an interview with a questionnaire.To analyzing,i found out that no one can understand what an item means without having knowledge of the society in which it is used ER -