Syntactic Complexity Measures as Indices of Language Proficiency in Writing: Focus on Heritage Learners of Russian
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F21%3A10442340" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/21:10442340 - isvavai.cz</a>
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<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=YPJuN8rHAn" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=YPJuN8rHAn</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15507076-12340016" target="_blank" >10.1163/15507076-12340016</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Syntactic Complexity Measures as Indices of Language Proficiency in Writing: Focus on Heritage Learners of Russian
Original language description
The concept of linguistic complexity, understood broadly as a range of basic and elaborate structures available and accessible to learners as evidenced in their production of speech and writing (Ortega, 2003), has featured prominently in second language development research since the inception of the field. The field of heritage language acquisition, however, has only recently begun to engage linguistic complexity as a comprehensive lens for studying heritage language development. The current study contributes to this fledgling area of research by investigating automatically extracted measures of syntactic complexity in the written language of heritage learners of Russian at various developmental levels. The analysis of 12 measures of syntactic complexity allows us to conclude that the majority of automatically extracted indices differentiate proficiency levels of heritage speakers in the study. The study results provide important insights into the nature of heritage language development and are readily applicable for assessment and pedagogical purposes.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Heritage Language Journal [online]
ISSN
1550-7076
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Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
30
Pages from-to
1-30
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