Conceptualizing and measuring short-term changes in L2 writing complexity.
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Complexity can be viewed as an index of language development and progress, and as a valid and basic descriptor of second language performance in L2 research.
“Bulté and Housen (2014) have stated that complexity can be viewed as an index of language development and progress, being treated as a valid and basic descriptor of second language performance in L2 research.”
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- Authors
- Bulté, B., & Housen, A.
- Affiliations
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Housen, Alex
- Venue
- Journal of Second Language Writing
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-12
- Volume
- 26
- Pages
- 42-65
- ISSN
- 1060-3743 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2052871611
- Cited by
- 474
- References
- 118
- Citations by year
- 2026: 47 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 86 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 27.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Second Language Writing (publishedVersion)
- VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Keywords
- lexical complexity, syntactic complexity, complexity measures, ESL learners, adult language learners, lexical diversity
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