Discourse analysis research based on language data

  Conduct a discourse analysis research based on language data, self collected or extracted from existing corpora (the data must be genuine), with reference to relevant theories. Word length : 2400- 2600 words Corpus website: https://www.english-corpora.org/corpora.asp Paper topic : Comparison the usage of near-synonyms ( you can pick any two near synonyms words as long as they are meaningful to study) Sample paper: EJ309651 on the topic of destroy and damage (see attachment) The paper involves: 1. Properly defined research question(s) (RQs) 2. Properly defined methodology  What corpus/corpora do you work on? Why?  What linguistic elements do you investigate?  How can the linguistic elements help to answer the RQ?  How do you locate the information from the corpus?  Describe the steps, calculation, and f necessary, use screen capture 3. Discussion  Do the data you extracted and analyzed solve your RQs or hypothesis？  More than just raw frequencies  Screen capture and select relevant examples for discussion  What does your result show?