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Download full textLee, Joyce; Wu, Kam Yin; Lee, Eric Ping Chung – THAITESOL Journal, 2022
Syntactic complexity is a crucial aspect of linguistic proficiency and thus understanding and supporting such development in learners is a keen concern for language teachers. Research conducted has shown growing sophistication of noun phrase structures by writers of different abilities in academic writing (Biber & Gray, 2010; Liu & Li,…
Descriptors: Syntax, Writing Skills, Language Proficiency, Technical Writing
Direct linkTo, Carol Kit Sum; Stokes, Stephanie; Man, Yonnie; T'Sou, Benjamin – Language and Speech, 2013
This study investigated the noun definitions given by Cantonese speakers at different ages. Definitional responses on six concrete nouns from 1075 children aged 4;10 to 12;01 and 15 adults were analyzed with reference to the semantic content and the syntactic form. Results showed that conventional definitions produced by Cantonese adult speakers…
Descriptors: Sino Tibetan Languages, Nouns, Definitions, Age Differences
