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Noun Phrase Complexity in EFL Academic Writing : A Corpus-based Study of Postgraduate Academic Writing

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  • 간행물
    The Journal of AsiaTEFL SCOPUS KCI 등재 바로가기
  • 통권
    Vol.13 No.1 (2016.02)바로가기
  • 페이지
    pp.48-65
  • 저자
    Liming Liu, Lan Li
  • 언어
    영어(ENG)
  • URL
    https://www.earticle.net/Article/A262031

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Noun phrase (NP) centered structures are distinctive syntactic devices in academic discourse. The commonly employed subordination-based complexity measures cannot adequately capture the development of syntactic complexity of noun phrases expected of advanced student academic writing (Biber, Gray, & Poonpon, 2011). Following the call for more research in this area (e.g. Lu, 2011, p. 57), the current study compared noun phrase complexity in two corpora: one is a corpus of MA dissertations written by Chinese EFL students and the other comprises published research articles in applied linguistics journals. The study examined overall noun phrase complexity using an automatic syntactic complexity analyzer and specifically identified features of one aspect of NP complexity: NP postmodification. The quantitative results were further contextualized in a textual analysis of excerpts from the two corpora for demonstrating the significance of NP complexity to the establishment of discourse coherence. Results of the analyses showed significant underdevelopment of NP postmodification complexity in student writing relative to published texts, meanwhile explicating the circumstances under which the difference is meaningful. Implications of the findings for the teaching of EFL academic writing were also discussed.

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Abstract
 Introduction
 Measuring Syntactic Complexity
 Syntactic Complexity of Academic Writing
 Research into Noun Phrase Complexity
 Methodology
  Data
  The L2 Syntactic Complexity Analyzer
  Analytical Procedure
 Results and Discussion
  Overall Noun Phrase Complexity
  Postmodification in the Noun Phrase
  Length of Postmodification
  Depth of Multiple Postmodification
  Textual Evidence of Quantitative Findings
 Conclusion and Pedagogical Implications
 The Authors
 References

키워드

syntactic complexity noun phrase complexity postmodification EFL academic writing contrastive corpus analysis

저자

  • Liming Liu [ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China ]
  • Lan Li [ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China ]

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발행기관

  • 발행기관명
    아시아영어교육학회 [Asia TEFL]
  • 설립연도
    2004
  • 분야
    사회과학>교육학
  • 소개
    The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals: 1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context. 2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching. 3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia. 4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context. 5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.

간행물

  • 간행물명
    The Journal of AsiaTEFL
  • 간기
    계간
  • pISSN
    1738-3102
  • eISSN
    2466-1511
  • 수록기간
    2004~2026
  • 등재여부
    SCOPUS,KCI 등재
  • 십진분류
    KDC 740 DDC 420

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