The interplay between syntactic and lexical complexity

Authors

WILLIAMS Christopher

Year of publication 2023
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Výzkum v didaktice cizích jazyků
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
Keywords syntactic complexity; lexical complexity; LSA; L2SCA; essay writing
Description This article reports on research into the relationship between syntactic and lexical complexity, the aim being to discover whether the presence of one measure correlates with the presence of another. 100 argumentative essays written by L1-Czech L2-English students were analysed using the LSA and L2SCA. The results indicate that use of complex nominals and clause length, both features of syntactic complexity, have a strong positive correlation with lexical complexity measures.
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