Sökning: "Syntactic complexity"

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  1. 1. Exploring the Impact of Genre on Syntactic and Lexical Complexity in L2 Written English

    M1-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Författare :Caitlyn Taylor; [2024]
    Nyckelord :SLA; EFL; lexical complexity; syntactic complexity;

    Sammanfattning : The present study investigates the effect of genre on lexical and syntactic complexity. The corpus used for this study is made up of argumentative and narrative texts from the TRAWL (Tracking Written Learner Language) online corpus. The study analyses texts written by 22 Norwegian EFL learners, 10 in year 8 and 12 in year 9. LÄS MER

  3. 2. It’s no laughing matter! The changing use of the semicolon and its application in various genres

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Magnus Boström; [2023]
    Nyckelord :punctuation; semicolon; linguistics; prescriptivism; grammar; syntax; prosody;

    Sammanfattning : The function of the semicolon has changed considerably since the 15th century, from primarily indicating the length of a pause, to providing syntactic information. According to prescriptive grammar, the semicolon is used to join independent clauses and to avoid complexity by separating items in a list. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The complexity of linguistic complexity: a corpus-based study on development of phrasal complexity in written L2-Swedish

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Författare :Karin Rasmusson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Second language development; Complexity; Accuracy; and Fluency; Linguistic complexity; Syntactic complexity; Phrasal complexity; Noun phrase complexity; Morphological complexity; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study was to establish whether or not a development of the complexity of the noun phrase, i.e. an increase in noun phrase elaboration could be observed in written L2 Swedish over time. LÄS MER

  5. 4. „Heute ich habe gemacht die Hausaufgaben“ : Syntaktischer Transfer in Deutsch als Fremdsprache – eine Untersuchung von Schülertexten

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Stella Einarsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Transfer; Fremdsprache; Deutsch als Fremdsprache; Transfer im Sprachenunterricht; Transfer in der Syntax;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines syntactic transfer in written productions amongSwedish-speaking learners of German in elementary school (15-16-year-oldsin grade 9) and high school (17-year-olds, course 4, year two). In SwedenEnglish is the first (L2) foreign language, compulsory for all pupils. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Automated Essay Scoring for English Using Different Neural Network Models for Text Classification

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Författare :Xindi Deng; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Automated Essay Scoring; neural network models; linguistic features;

    Sammanfattning : Written skills are an essential evaluation criterion for a student’s creativity, knowledge, and intellect. Consequently, academic writing is a common part of university and college admissions applications, standardized tests, and classroom assessments. However, the task for teachers is quite daunting when it comes to essay scoring. LÄS MER