folk singing
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- noun
- /foʊk ˈsɪŋɪŋ/
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- At the festival, we enjoyed beautiful folk singing that celebrated our region's traditions.
Examples
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We attended a musical with folk singing and dancing.
Academic text (2006) -
What's your area of expertise, folk singing?
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We're a folk-singing group from Salt Lake City.
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Naked folk singing.
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Confusion can stick to his wild-eyed Scandinavian sweethearts because my love for broken-hearted British folk-singing beauties has grown exponentially after listening to Lucy Rose.
Blog text (16) -
The community center hosts weekly sessions of folk singing to preserve cultural heritage.
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During the family reunion, we gathered around the fire for a night of folk singing and storytelling.
Synonyms
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Traditional songs and tunes that tell a community's stories and ways
How Traditional
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the act or style of singing traditional folk songs' is directly and transparently composed from 'folk' (traditional/community music) and 'singing' (making musical sounds), so the overall sense is predictable from the parts. This noun-noun/compound pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Folk singing comes from folk, the 'people' of a village, and singing, the act of singing old local songs together at home or at meetings. That's why folk singing now means singing traditional songs that show a group's history and culture.