An Analysis of the Use of “Disaster” Corpus in The Amherst Student, 1880-90 vs 1980-90 “It’s such a disaster!” We hear phrases like this every day. Depending on the contexts, we interpret what “disasters” might refer to, possibly from as trivial a poor exam performance to as significant a world war. Not unexpectedly, writers and…
What We Talk About When We Talk About “Disasters”
