Bob Marley
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- proper noun
- /bɑb ˈmɑrli/
- Bob Marley's children formed Fifty-Six Hope Road Music (named after the street on which Marley lived in Jamaica) to exploit his legacy after Marley's death in 1981.
- reggae legend Bob Marley
Examples
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In his memory, many celebrate the legacy of Bob Marley through music festivals dedicated to reggae culture.
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But she did begin developing a biography of Bob Marley in which she was to play his wife, Rita.
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8. Bob Marley... because he represented an entire genre of music from which stemmed other music, and he is such a distinct true icon.
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Reggae legend Bob Marley was the first Jamaican artist to achieve international superstardom and spread his music around the world.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Bob + Marley
This is a proper name referring to a specific individual (a Jamaican singer and cultural figure); knowing the constituent words 'Bob' and 'Marley' (personal names) does not allow a B1 learner to infer that referent or the information that he was a musician. Proper names are arbitrary labels rather than compositional phrases, so the meaning is not derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Bob Marley was a singer from Jamaica who used clear, powerful songs about love, freedom and justice. Because his music and image reached people all over the world, his name now often stands for 'reggae music' and 'speaking up for people'.