Gender Variation in the Writings of Ghanaian Colleges of Education Students: A Study of Syntactic Complexity

Autor/inn/en	Ansah, Richard; Agbaglo, Ebenezer; Mensah, Regina A. T.
Titel	Gender Variation in the Writings of Ghanaian Colleges of Education Students: A Study of Syntactic Complexity
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 12 (2021) 4, S.140-149 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Sentence Structure; Writing (Composition); Linguistic Theory; Schools of Education; Computational Linguistics; Essay Tests; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Accuracy; Writing Evaluation; Phrase Structure; Student Characteristics; Undergraduate Students; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Schreibübung; Linguistische Theorie; Erziehungswissenschaftliche Fakultät; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Schriftlicher Sprachgebrauch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Phrasenstruktur
Abstract	This study explored the differences in the writings produced by both male and female students in colleges of education in Ghana with respect to syntactic complexity. The study was based on a corpus of two hundred examination essays which were collected from two hundred students in Assin Fosu, Wesley and Presbyterian colleges of education who took the English language Studies course (FDC 211) in 2018/2019 academic year. The study adopted a descriptive design, involving qualitative and quantitative methods. The analysis showed that the male students were more syntactically complex than the female students in their writings. The study established clear variations in the areas of length of production unit, sentence complexity, amount of subordination and coordination and particular structures. It has therefore upheld the difference version of gender and language theory as compared to the discursive theory. Implications and areas for further research are also discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01