Phraseological complexity as an index of L2 Dutch writing proficiency: A partial replication study
(2021) Perspectives on the L2 phrasicon: The view from learner corpora — ISBN: [9781788924856], accepted/in-press
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- This study aims to assess the cross-linguistic validity of metrics of phraseological complexity established in Paquot (2018, 2019) for L2 English by exploring whether similar results are obtained using these measures in a partial replication study of L2 Dutch written productions. Measures of phraseological diversity and sophistication outlined by Paquot are computed in the present study for three target grammatical relations, i.e. direct object, adjectival modifier, and adverbial modifier relations. The L2 Dutch data analysed here are written extracts from the B1 and B2 levels of the Certificaat Nederlands als Vreemde Taal (CNaVT; Certificate of Dutch as a Foreign Language) exams. Measures of grammatical, lexical, and phraseological complexity are entered as predictors in a binary logistic regression model predicting the likelihood of a student passing the CNaVT exam. In line with Paquot’s investigation into L2 English, results indicate the important role of phraseological competence in L2 Dutch assessment.
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Rubin, R., Housen, A., & Paquot, M. (2021). Phraseological complexity as an index of L2 Dutch writing proficiency: A partial replication study. In Sylviane Granger (ed.) (ed.), Perspectives on the L2 phrasicon: The view from learner corpora. Multilingual Matters. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/241474