Does L2 writing proficiency influence noun phrase complexity? A case analysis of argumentative essays written by Chinese students in a first-year composition course

Does L2 writing proficiency influence noun phrase complexity? A case analysis of argumentative essays written by Chinese students in a first-year composition course

This corpus-based study investigated the association between noun phrase complexity and L2 writing proficiency based on the 11 noun modifiers in Biber, Gray, and Poonpon's (2011) index of complexity features. A corpus was built based on 100 argumentative papers written by first-year Chinese stu...

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Veröffentlicht in:System (Linköping) 2019-10, Vol.85, p.102116, Article 102116
Hauptverfasser: Lan, Ge, Lucas, Kyle, Sun, Yachao
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Asian students
Chinese languages
Complexity
Corpus analysis
Corpus-based study
English as a second language
L2/EAP writing
Language proficiency
Noun phrase complexity
Noun phrases
Nouns
Phrases
Prepositional phrases
Qualitative research
Relative clauses
Second language writing
Student writing
Writing instruction
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Zusammenfassung:This corpus-based study investigated the association between noun phrase complexity and L2 writing proficiency based on the 11 noun modifiers in Biber, Gray, and Poonpon's (2011) index of complexity features. A corpus was built based on 100 argumentative papers written by first-year Chinese students, including 50 papers from high-proficiency students (TOEFL writing score > 23) and 50 papers from low-proficiency students (18 
ISSN:0346-251X
1879-3282
DOI:10.1016/j.system.2019.102116