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Subject: Analysis of Clarice´s text

Author:
Ana Paula Rezende

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Date Posted: 18:51:21 10/02/09 Fri
In reply to: Clarice Emília 's message, "Re: Instructions for the Morphology Online Seminar" on 20:32:22 10/01/09 Thu

Sorry Clarice but it was really hard to me analysing it ´cause I´m not sure about what I have to do...

Jackson autopsy details [detail] [+plural] revealed [reveal] [+past]

Pop star Michael Jackson had [have] [-present] a strong heart and was [be] [-present] a "fairly [fair] [+adjective] healthy [health] [+adjective] " 50-year-old, according [accord] [-finite] to an autopsy report obtained [obtain] [-present] in the US.
His [he] [+possessive] weight was [be] [+past] in the acceptable [accept] [property] range for a man of his [he] [+possessive] height, according [accord] [-finite] to the Associated [associate] [+ present] Press.
But the singer [sing] [ +agent], who died [die] [-present] of a heart attack in June, had [have][-present] punctured [puncture] [-present] arms [arm] [+plural], tattooed [tatoo] [-present] lips [lip] [+plural] and eyebrows [eyebrown] [+plural] and suffered [suffer] [-present] from lung damage and some arthritis. [-plural]
Jackson's [possessive] death was [be] [+past] ruled [rule] [ -present] as homicide caused [cause] [+past] by a powerful [power] [+adjective] anaesthetic.
Cosmetic surgery
The Los Angeles coroner [coroner] [+agent] disclosed [-dis] [close] [+past] in August that Propofol and the sedative Lorazepam were [be] [-present] [+plural] the "primary drugs [drug] [+plural] responsible [response] [+property] for Mr Jackson's [Jackson] [+possessive] death".
The drugs [drug] [+plural] were [be] [-present] [+plural] administered [administrate] [+past.part.] by Jackson's physician Dr Conrad Murray, and the veredict has [have] [3ºperson] [-plural] considered [consider] [-present] likely [like] [-ly] increase the chances [chance] [+plural] of criminal [crime] [modifier] charges [charge] [+plural] being [be] [ING] brought [bring] [-present] against his [he] [+possessive] doctors. [doctor] [+plural]
According to the document, Jackson's most serious health problem was [be] [+past] his [he] [+possessive] chronically [chronical] [-ly] inflamed [inflame] [ -present] lungs [lung] [+plural], but this was [be] [+past] not serious enough to be a contributing [contribute] [ -finite] factor to his [he] [+possessive] death.
The post mortem did not uncover [ -un] [cover] any physical problems [problem] [+plural] that may have limited Jackson's ability to perform.
"His [he] [+possessive] overall health was [be] [+past] fine," said Dr Zeev Kain of the University of California, who reviewed [review] [-present] the report for AP but was not involved [involve] [+past] in the post-mortem examination.
"The results are in normal limits," he added.
The report also revealed that Jackson had [have] [-present] a number of scars on his [he] [+possessive] body, including behind his [he] [+possessive] ears and beside each of his nostrils.
Dr Kain concluded they were [be] [-present] [+plural] likely to have been caused by cosmetic surgery, while others, including on the knee, were [be] [-present] [+plural] likely to have been created by medical procedures [procedure] [+plural].
The document also states that the singer was bald at the front of his [he] [+possessive] head and had [have] [-present] what appeared [appear] [-present] to be a dark tattoo stretching across his head.
His [he] [+possessive] remaining [remain] [ing] hair was [be] [+past] described as short and tightly-curled, it added.
The coroner reported that Jackson had [have] [-present] depigmentation [-de] [pigment] [-ion] of the skin around his face, chest, abdomen and arms [arm] [+plural].
The full autopsy report has [have] [3ºperson] [-plural] yet to be [be] [+infinitive] officially released to the public, but the conclusion that Jackson's death was homicide has [have] [3ºperson] [-plural] been [be] [+past.part.] disclosed [-dis] [close] [-present].

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My analysis - Clarice's text	Danielle Guerra (Tired)	19:38:38 10/02/09 Fri