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Dependency Grammar Approach to the Syntactic Complexity in the Discourse of Alzheimer Patients. [PDF]
Behav Sci (Basel)Lian Z, Wang Z.
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Automatically Assessing Lexical Sophistication: Indices, Tools, Findings, and Application
TESOL Quarterly, 2014This study explores the construct of lexical sophistication and its applications for measuring second language lexical and speaking proficiency. In doing so, the study introduces the Tool for the Automatic Analysis of LExical Sophistication (TAALES), which calculates text scores for 135 classic and newly developed lexical indices related to word ...
Kristopher Kyle, Scott A. Crossley
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Sense-aware lexical sophistication indices and their relationship to second language writing quality
Behavior Research Methods, 2021The relationship of lexical sophistication to second language (L2) production quality has received much attention in the past few decades. Viewed as a multidimensional construct, lexical sophistication has been measured using indices that tap into various distributional, formal, semantic, acquisitional, and psycholinguistic properties of words and ...
Xiaofei Lu, Renfen Hu
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The lexical sophistication of second language learners’ academic essays
Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2019Abstract This report presents a validation of an updated version of Laufer and Nation’s (1995) lexical frequency profile (LFP). A measure of free productive vocabulary that uses a computer program to compare essays with wordlists, informing about the sophistication of vocabulary within texts.
George Higginbotham, Jacqui Reid
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Lexical Diversity and Lexical Sophistication in First Language Writing
2004The research reported in this chapter has several aims. First, we wished to extend the exploration of vocabulary richness, particularly lexical diversity to the medium of writing. It was important to assess the extent to which vocabulary diversity as measured by D, and word rarity continued to be valid developmental measures in older children producing
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ASPECTS OF LEXICAL SOPHISTICATION IN ADVANCED LEARNERS’ ORAL PRODUCTION
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2012This article reports on the design and use of a profiler for lexical sophistication (i.e., use of advanced vocabulary), which was created to assess the lexical richness of intermediate and advanced Swedish second language (L2) learners’ French and Italian.
Camilla Bardel +2 more
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L2 and L1 semantic context indices as automated measures of lexical sophistication
Language Testing, 2023Lexical frequency benchmarks have been extensively used to investigate second language (L2) lexical sophistication, especially in language assessment studies. However, indices based on semantic co-occurrence, which may be a better representation of the experience language users have with lexical items, have not been sufficiently tested as benchmarks ...
Kátia Monteiro +3 more
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