Measuring Sentence Complexity in Spontaneous Speech. Occasional Papers on Linguistics, No. 1 [microform] / William C. Flick.

This paper describes an experiment in which the Developmental Sentence Scoring procedure, which has been used successfully for scoring sentence complexity in child language, was examined for its usefulness when applied to adult learners of English as a Second Language. The technique is based upon a...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Flick, William C.
Corporate Author:	Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Department of Linguistics
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977.
Subjects:	Adult Students. Discourse Analysis. English (Second Language) Grammar. Interviews. Language Proficiency. Language Tests. Second Language Learning. Sentence Structure. Speech Communication. Syntax. Test Validity. Testing.