Verb argument construction complexity indices and L2 writing quality: Effects of writing tasks and prompts

Volume: 49, Pages: 100730 - 100730
Published: Sep 1, 2020
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to investigate whether verb argument construction (VAC) based indices of syntactic complexity significantly vary in different second language (L2) writing tasks and whether such complexity measures vary in their relationship to writing quality. The present study used data from three different L2 writing tasks: descriptive, independent, and integrated. Descriptive essays (N = 70) were taken from the Michigan State...
Paper Details
Title
Verb argument construction complexity indices and L2 writing quality: Effects of writing tasks and prompts
Published Date
Sep 1, 2020
Volume
49
Pages
100730 - 100730
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