… Yet, when trying to operationalize syntactic complexity as an independent variable in … of
syntactic complexity — node counts, word counts, and a so-called ‘Index of Syntactic Complexity’ …

… This last use of syntactic complexity measures is my focus in the present research synthesis.
… that investigated the extent to which syntactic complexity measures derived from L2 writing …

… of acquiring syntactic complexity) and … syntactic and lexical complexity. The overarching
focus of the different contributions is to investigate the possible variation of (syntactic) complexity …

… study of syntactic complexity in L2 … syntactic complexity grows, and what factors affect this
growth? The other question is methodological: How can one best measure syntactic complexity…

… common in both sets, many first language syntactic complexity measures rank syntactic
structures based on patterns of syntactic development or frequency of use, eg Developmental …

… —syntactic complexity and text complexity—academic-English research clearly indicates that
grammatical complexity, and syntactic complexity … , that syntactic complexity should be an …

… the relationship between syntactic complexity (especially as … designed to increase syntactic
complexity and to examine the … the relationship between syntactic complexity and writing …

… discourse functions and syntactic complexity in learner language … And, (2) which mode of
CMC shows more syntactically … We define syntactic complexity as the ability to produce writing …

… The units of analysis in studies that examine syntactic complexity in second language writing
are usually complete learner essays, as syntactic complexity measures are generally com…

… ine longitudinal changes in the syntactic complexity of adults' … age-related decline in the
syntactic complexity of adults' language. As … Additionally, three types of nonembedded syntactic …