Measuring linguistic complexity in long-term L2 speakers of English and L1 attriters of German.

Autor/inn/en	Lahmann, Cornelia; Steinkrauss, Rasmus; Schmid, Monika S.
Titel	Measuring linguistic complexity in long-term L2 speakers of English and L1 attriters of German.
Quelle	In: International journal of applied linguistics, 29 (2019) 2, S. 173-191Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen; Abbildungen 4; Tabellen 7
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0802-6106; 1473-4192
DOI	10.1111/ijal.12259
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Deutsch; Sprachkompetenz; Vergleichende Analyse; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englischunterricht
Abstract	Linguistic complexity is neither easily defined nor measured. The challenge in finding reliable ways to measure linguistic complexity is even more pronounced when the variation of contexts in which complexity is measured is taken into account. This paper therefore aims at finding measures for assessing syntactic and lexical complexity that are sensitive and non-overlapping even in a less frequently studied context: spontaneous speech of L1 attriters and highly proficient L2 English speakers. To evaluate operationalizations of syntactic and lexical complexity, several previously proposed measures are applied to a corpus of spontaneous speech and a principal component analysis is conducted. The results show which of the measures group together as underlying variables of syntactic and lexical complexity and how this can inform future operationalizations of complexity. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2