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Syntax Complexity

Syntax Complexity is a linguistic construct that denotes the structural intricacy of sentence formation in written discourse, distinguished by the hierarchical organization, embedding, and coordination of clauses and phrases beyond basic syntactic structures.

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Regularity and Idiomaticity in Grammatical Constructions: The Case of <i>Let Alone</i>

Charles J. Fillmore, Paul Kay, Mary Catherine O’Connor · Language · 1988 · 2.9K citations

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Syntactic Complexity Measures and their Relationship to L2 Proficiency: A Research Synthesis of College-level L2 Writing

Lourdes Ortega · Applied Linguistics · 2003 · 991 citations

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Heaviness vs. newness: The effects of structural complexity and discourse status on constituent ordering

Jennifer E. Arnold, Anthony Losongco, Thomas Wasow et al. · Language · 2000 · 722 citations

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<b>Deep and surface structure constraints in syntax</b> . By David M. Perlmutter. New York: Holt, Rinehart &amp; Winston, 1971. Pp. xiii, 137. $6.50.

Marı́a Luisa Rivero · Language · 1973 · 671 citations

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Data from eye-tracking corpora as evidence for theories of syntactic processing complexity

Vera Demberg, Frank Keller · Cognition · 2008 · 580 citations

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Authors

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    Xiaofei Lu

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    6 publications · 693 citations

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  2. EG
    Edward Gibson

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    6 publications · 786 citations

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    Ineke Vedder

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    5 publications · 249 citations

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    Folkert Kuiken

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    5 publications · 249 citations

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    Alex Housen

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    5 publications · 253 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    894 citations

  3. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Northern Arizona University

    Flagstaff, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    724 citations

  5. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    367 citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    331 citations

  7. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    467 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    1.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Second Language Writing

    JSLW · 9 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Language

    8 publications · 4.9K citations

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  3. Theoretical Computer Science

    8 publications · 196 citations

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  4. Lingua

    8 publications · 500 citations

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  5. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

    7 publications · 469 citations

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