Essays about: "lexical complexity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words lexical complexity.

  1. 1. Exploring the Impact of Genre on Syntactic and Lexical Complexity in L2 Written English

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Caitlyn Taylor; [2024]
    Keywords : SLA; EFL; lexical complexity; syntactic complexity;

    Abstract : The present study investigates the effect of genre on lexical and syntactic complexity. The corpus used for this study is made up of argumentative and narrative texts from the TRAWL (Tracking Written Learner Language) online corpus. The study analyses texts written by 22 Norwegian EFL learners, 10 in year 8 and 12 in year 9. READ MORE

  3. 2. Persuading others using language online

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Datalogi

    Author : Karolina Hagerman; [2024]
    Keywords : persuasion; language; persuasive communication; reddit; communication accomodation theory; language attributes; sentiment; lexical diversity;

    Abstract : This study explores the dynamics of persuasive communication within the context of the r/AmItheAsshole subreddit, a platform that serves as a space for individuals to share real-life conflicts, inviting impartial judgments from the Reddit community, so-called flairs. Grounded in Communication Accommodation Theory and existing research on persuasion, the study explores the impact of language attributes on persuasive outcomes, using hypothesis testing to determine significant differences between the different flairs and two broader binary categories of blame. READ MORE

  4. 3. WHO’S AFRAID OF COMPLEXITY? An Exploration of the Influence of Native Language Complexity on L2 Complexity

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Nadina Mariana Suditu; [2023-06-19]
    Keywords : complexity; SLA; TTR; entropy; kolmogorov; linear regression;

    Abstract : The matter of linguistic complexity has been widely scrutinised in the last few decades, within theoretical linguistics, as well as in second language acquisition studies. A concept introduced in the last half of the previous century, it continues to be a matter of debate in the linguistic field, as it eludes a clear-cut definition and interpretation. READ MORE

  5. 4. Context-aware Swedish Lexical Simplification : Using pre-trained language models to propose contextually fitting synonyms

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Emil Graichen; [2023]
    Keywords : automatic text simplification; lexical simplification; Swedish; BERT; GPT-3; evaluation dataset; synonymy;

    Abstract : This thesis presents the development and evaluation of context-aware Lexical Simplification (LS) systems for the Swedish language. In total three versions of LS models, LäsBERT, LäsBERT-baseline, and LäsGPT, were created and evaluated on a newly constructed Swedish LS evaluation dataset. READ MORE

  6. 5. Extramural English and its Impact on Swedish Learners’ Written Proficiency : An Analysis of Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in Lower Secondary School Writing

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Christiane Kluender; [2023]
    Keywords : SLA ; extramural English; written proficiency; complexity accuracy; fluency;

    Abstract : English holds a significant status as a lingua franca in Sweden, offering regular contact opportunities for learners through media consumption and entertainment, starting at a young age. Exposure to English outside the walls of the formal language classroom has been extensively studied especially in conjunction with students’ motivation, vocabulary acquisition, and oral proficiency (cf. READ MORE