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Lexical Sophistication as a Multidimensional Phenomenon: Relations to Second Language Lexical Proficiency, Development, and Writing Quality
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Kim, Minkyung; Crossley, Scott A.; Kyle, Kristopher – Modern Language Journal, 2018
This study conceptualizes lexical sophistication as a multidimensional phenomenon by reducing numerous lexical features of lexical sophistication into 12 aggregated components (i.e., dimensions) via a principal component analysis approach. These components were then used to predict second language (L2) writing proficiency levels, holistic lexical…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Lexicology, Multidimensional Scaling, Language Acquisition