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An Investigation of Native and Nonnative English Speakers' Levels of Written Syntactic Complexity in Asynchronous Online Discussions
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Mancilla, Rae L.; Polat, Nihat; Akcay, Ahmet O. – Applied Linguistics, 2017
This manuscript reports on a corpus-based comparison of native and nonnative graduate students' language production in an asynchronous learning environment. Using 486 discussion board postings from a five-year period (2009-2013), we analyzed the extent to which native and nonnative university students' writing differed in 10 measures of syntactic…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Written Language
Some Complex Types of Embedding in Legal English.
Hiltunen, Risto – 1984
The extensive use of clausal embedding in legal language is examined. The extent and depth of left-branching, nested, and right- branching clauses in the 1972 British Road Traffic Act are also studied. The complexity of the resulting constructions, and the problems created for comprehension are described. The analysis reveals complex sequences of…
Descriptors: Coherence, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, English
El uso periodistico de las formas -ra y -se del imperfecto de subjunctivo. (The Use and Frequency of the -ra and -se Forms of the Imperfect Subjunctive.)
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Rodriguez-Ford, Pilar; Georgalas, Sotiri – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1983
Results of a statistical study of the two imperfect subjunctive endings in Spanish and Latin American journalism show the use of "-se" to be decreasing, although usage is slightly higher in Spain. Use of the imperfect subjuntive with an indicative meaning is also slightly more common in Spain. (MSE)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Journalism, Language Research, Language Usage