Development of syntactic complexity in narrative and explicative texts written by high school students

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dc.catalogadorpau
dc.contributor.authorAravena, Soledad
dc.contributor.authorHugo, Evelyn
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-21T19:11:13Z
dc.date.available2025-11-21T19:11:13Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe study aimed to know how some syntactic complexity resources are manifested in narrative and explicative texts written by students from three school levels and two socioeconomic groups. 240 texts were analysed using measures of productivity, syntactic density and connectivity, which were labelled with CLAN (Computerized Language Analysis, CHILDES Project). The results show that both the socioeconomic factor and age group/grade level impact significantly in productivity (number of clause-packages, CP), syntactic density (number of clauses per CP) and connectivity (types of interclausal relationships). Also, the discourse genre is revealed as a significant factor in connectivity, as explicative texts meet the highest proportion of interclausal complex relationships, particularly hypotaxis. The findings reaffirm the important role of syntax in developing writing skills, command of genres and late language development in general.
dc.fuente.origenScopus
dc.identifier.eissn0719-5443
dc.identifier.issn0716-0542
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:85019268114
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.lenguasmodernas.uchile.cl/index.php/LM/article/viewFile/45181/47238
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/107089
dc.language.isoes
dc.pagina.final40
dc.pagina.inicio9
dc.publisherUniversity of Chile
dc.revistaLenguas Modernas
dc.subjectDevelopment
dc.subjectGenres
dc.subjectSyntactic complexity
dc.subjectWriting
dc.subject.ods04 Quality education
dc.subject.odspa04 Educación y calidad
dc.titleDevelopment of syntactic complexity in narrative and explicative texts written by high school students
dc.title.alternativeDesarrollo de la complejidad sintáctica en textos narrativos y explicativos escritos por estudiantes secundarios
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen2016
sipa.trazabilidadScopus;12-10-2021
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