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Direct linkYang, WeiWei – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2013
The recent "TESOL Quarterly" article by Biber, Gray, and Poonpon (2011) raises important considerations with respect to the use of syntactic complexity (SC) measures in second language (L2) studies. The article draws the field's attention to one particular measure--complexity of noun phrases (NP) (i.e., noun phrases with modifiers, such as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Nouns, Syntax, Second Language Learning
Robillard, Amy E. – College English, 2006
The author argues that the new journal "Young Scholars in Writing: Undergraduate Research in Writing and Rhetoric" offers access to student writing outside of the pedagogical apparatus that has historically accompanied the publication of such writing, and in the process challenges composition's standard practice of citing students by first name…
Descriptors: Verbs, Nouns, Writing Instruction, Student Writing Models
Peer reviewedSpear, Michael M. – Journalism Educator, 1994
Discusses the prevalent trend in American English to verbify, that is to convert nonverbs into verbs. Offers criteria to help decide when to use verbified words. (SR)
Descriptors: Grammar, Journalism, Language Usage, North American English
