Performance prediction strengths of noun and verb phrases in L2 writing: Comparison of density and complexity variables

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dc.contributor.authorUzun, Kutay
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:09:27Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:09:27Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to compare different noun and verb phrase density and complexity variables regarding if and how strongly they could predict L2 writing performance. 183 short literary analysis essays with analytically-obtained scores, written in an English as a Foreign Language context, were used as the corpus of the study. The scores were divided as low, mediocre and high scores by K-means cluster analysis. Separate regression models were built for each group using Complex Nominal per T-unit, Complex Nominal per Clause, Noun Phrase per Sentence, Noun Phrase per 1000 Words, Verb Phrase per T-unit, Verb Phrase per Sentence and Verb Phrase per 1000 Word as predictor variables. A multivariate model of noun phrase complexity was also tested. The results showed that Complex Nominal per T-unit was the strongest predictor of high performance. Verb Phrase per 1000 Words was the only significant verb phrase-based (negative) predictor of high performance. Mediocre performance could only be predicted by Complex Nominal per Clause. Low performance could not be predicted by any of the noun or verb phrasebased variables. The results confirm that noun phrase complexity develops across performance levels; however, more traditional (length based) complexity indices may be more useful to explain low performance.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.asw.2021.100572
dc.identifier.issn1075-2935
dc.identifier.issn1873-5916
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85115995237en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2021.100572
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/22792
dc.identifier.volume50en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000707075500002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofAssessing Writingen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectNoun Phrase Complexityen_US
dc.subjectNoun Phrase Densityen_US
dc.subjectVerb Phrase Densityen_US
dc.subjectSyntactic Complexityen_US
dc.subjectL2 Writing Performanceen_US
dc.subjectSyntactic Complexityen_US
dc.subjectLinguistic Featuresen_US
dc.subjectQualityen_US
dc.subjectProficiencyen_US
dc.subjectCohesionen_US
dc.subjectEnglishen_US
dc.subjectTexten_US
dc.titlePerformance prediction strengths of noun and verb phrases in L2 writing: Comparison of density and complexity variablesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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