Corpora, Corpses and Corps

This book uses corpus and multimodal methods to present a comparative study of three major Canadian TV crime series,  Flashpoint  (2008-2010) , Motive  (2013-2015) and  19-2  (2014-2016), paying special attention to cinematic techniques. Following an overview of the methodology and the Canadian cultural milieu of the study, the author approaches the three series as complex cultural and linguistic productions that depend heavily on a national appropriation of a