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Syntactic Sophistication

Syntactic Sophistication is a linguistic construct that measures the degree of advanced syntactic structures in written or spoken language, distinguished by the strategic use of complex sentence forms, embedded clauses, and diverse grammatical patterns indicative of higher-level language proficiency.

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2017–2026

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Linguistic features in writing quality and development: An overview

Scott A. Crossley · Journal of Writing Research · 2020 · 281 citations · Full text

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The relationship between lexical sophistication and independent and source-based writing

Kristopher Kyle, Scott A. Crossley · Journal of Second Language Writing · 2016 · 220 citations

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Measuring Syntactic Development in L2 Writing: Fine Grained Indices of Syntactic Complexity and Usage-Based Indices of Syntactic Sophistication

Kristopher Kyle · Digital Archive @ GSU · 2022 · 216 citations · Full text

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The Development of Writing Proficiency as a Function of Grade Level: A Linguistic Analysis

Scott A. Crossley, Jennifer L. Weston, Susan T. McLain Sullivan et al. · Written Communication · 2011 · 189 citations

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The phraseological dimension in interlanguage complexity research

Magali Paquot · Second language Research · 2017 · 163 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SA
    Scott A. Crossley

    Georgia State University, United States

    6 publications · 993 citations

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  2. KK
    Kristopher Kyle

    Georgia State University, United States

    4 publications · 640 citations

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  3. DS
    Danielle S. McNamara

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 288 citations

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  4. MP
    Magali Paquot

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    2 publications · 186 citations

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  5. EF
    Eivor Finset Spilling

    Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 17 citations

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Institutions

62

  1. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    962 citations

  2. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    424 citations

  3. University of Memphis

    Memphis, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    477 citations

  4. UCLouvain

    Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    209 citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    94 citations

  6. University of Stavanger

    Stavanger, Norway

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    51 citations

  7. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

  8. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    107 citations

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  1. Applied Linguistics

    3 publications · 113 citations

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  3. Written Communication

    1 publications · 189 citations

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  4. Journal of Broadcasting

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  5. Foreign Language Annals

    FLA · 1 publications · 15 citations

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