The Use of Nominal Subordinate Clause as a Syntactic Complexity Measure by Some National University of Lesotho Students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22218601 |
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| Authors | Matšitso Eugenia Morato-Maleke (0000-0002-6237-5241, National University of Lesotho), ʼMATŠITSO EUGENIA MORATO-MALEKE, Lehlohonolo Phafoli (0000-0003-4376-5962, National University of Lesotho), LEHLOHONOLO SAMUEL PHAFOLI |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 177-187 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Linguistics Literature & Translation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2617-0299 • E-ISSN: 2708-0099 |
| Publisher | Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.32996/ijllt.2020.3.11.17 |
| OpenAlex | W3111728222 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The paper explores the use of nominal subordinate clause as a syntactic complexity measure in some examination scripts of the National University of Lesotho (NUL) fourth year students. The study is based on the employment of the interpretivist paradigm as well as descriptive and case study designs. Data was collected from the students’ essays in the (2016/2017) examination papers and analysed qualitatively, following the Transformational Generative Grammar (TGG) and the Cognitive Grammar (CG), both of which formed the theoretical frameworks for the study. The paper shows that NUL students have a reasonably high level of syntactic complexity with the use of nominal subordinate clause
Database · Dependent clause · Generative grammar · Grammar · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Natural language processing · Programming language · Scripting language · Sentence · Transformational grammar · Transformational leadership · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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