TODE Tomoko
Department Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences Position Professor |
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Language | English |
Publication Date | 2019/03 |
Type | Articles |
Peer Review | With peer review |
Title | Measuring syntactic complexity of beginner-level EFL learners |
Contribution Type | Co-Authored Publication |
Journal | Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan |
Journal Type | Japan |
Publisher | The Japan Society of English Language Education |
Volume, Issue, Pages | 30,pp.49-64 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Author and coauthor | ◎Tomoko Tode and Kyoko Otsuki |
Details | From the perspective of cognition mode of cognitive linguistics, the current study investigated whether defining clausal complexity through verb arguments works to gauge syntactic development of beginner-level Japanese learners of English. The results suggest that the verb-argument index is a sensitive measure of early syntactic development. |