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Durrant, Philip; Brenchley, Mark – Applied Linguistics, 2023
Complex noun phrases (NP) are central to mature academic writing and often a focus of explicit teaching. The National Curriculum in England, for example, requires specific components of NP complexity to be taught at specific educational stages. However, the evidence base for such practices is unclear. Research on the emergence of NP components is…
Descriptors: Nouns, Phrase Structure, Academic Language, National Curriculum