Morphological Complexity Across Descriptive, Expository, and Narrative Text Types in Iranian Lower-Intermediate Language Learners
- سال انتشار: 1400
- محل انتشار: فصلنامه مسائل آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دوره: 10، شماره: 1
- کد COI اختصاصی: JR_ILT-10-1_008
- زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
- تعداد مشاهده: 211
نویسندگان
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
MA in TEFL, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
چکیده
Morphological complexity is one of the dimensions of complexity that has been increasingly analyzed over the last few years. However, results from previous studies drawing on only a single text type are inconclusive. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of text types (descriptive, narrative, and expository) on the morphological complexity of essays written by Iranian English language learners. The participants included ۸۷ lower-intermediate male and female L۲ learners at six language institutes in Qazvin, Iran, who were selected from ۱۲۷ language learners taking an Oxford Quick Placement test. The participants wrote on each text type in three consecutive weeks as a part of their classroom activity. The morphological complexity of verbs and nouns was separately calculated using the morphological complexity index. The data were analyzed using a series of Friedman and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Tests. The findings did not show any statistically significant differences across text types for nominal inflectional diversity; however, verbal inflectional diversity was statistically significant across text types, with narrative essays morphologically more complex than descriptive and expository essays. The findings may have theoretical and pedagogical implications for researchers and L۲ teachers.کلیدواژه ها
Inflectional Diversity, Morphological Complexity, Text Typesاطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI
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