Essays about: "abstract example of resort"

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  1. 1. As Fate Would Have It : A corpus-based study of Fate from an American perspective

    University essay from Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Sofi Kanmert; [2009]
    Keywords : fate; discourse analysis; transitivity; processes; Systemic Functional Linguistics; corpus linguistics; Corpus of Contemporary American English COCA ;

    Abstract : Abstract This essay is based on an investigation carried out with the help of the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Taking the system of transitivity as its theoretical base and using spoken and written discourse as its primary source, this study aspired to find out what kinds of actions Americans perceive Fate to perform, for example physical, mental or verbal, in order to control what happens to people. READ MORE