syntactic complexity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsyntacticandcomplexity
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syntactic
adjective
uk/sɪnˈtæk.tɪk/us/sɪnˈtæk.tɪk/
language
relating to the grammatical arrangement of words in ...
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complexity
noun
uk/kəmˈplek.sə.ti/us/kəmˈplek.sə.t̬i/
the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand or find an ...
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Negotiation exchanges, lexical andsyntacticcomplexity, and various pragmatic issues were examined and compared qualitatively and quantitatively.
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It should be noted that the success ratio, however, is heavily dependent on thesyntacticcomplexityof unseen sentences.
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If left unchecked, parsing such expressions engenders unnecessarysyntacticcomplexity, and this militates against automatic knowledge discovery.
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However, no statistically significant differences were found across groups in terms of quality of language, as measured by lexical richness, lexical diversity, andsyntacticcomplexity.
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This suggests that word order correction performance is sensitive tosyntacticcomplexity.
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Our measure ofsyntacticcomplexitydid not capture the problem because it focuses on number of components rather than errors.
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Many theories of language acquisition have argued for a role for semantic and/orsyntacticcomplexityin children's acquisition of words and grammatical constructions.
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The complex relationship ofsyntacticcomplexityand working memory load is proven by patients' data.
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In this way, the communicative force of the interrogative filler is intonationally incorporated into the declarative, making the filler itself redundant and reducingsyntacticcomplexity.
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Asynchronous writing promoted more sustained interactions and greatersyntacticcomplexity.
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Under effect-driven testing, we can ask ourselves: would suchsyntacticcomplexityactually happen out in a real open-air market?
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No group differences were found in mean length of utterance in morphemes or insyntacticcomplexity.
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Another indication of the degree ofsyntacticcomplexityis the use of multiple embeddings or conjoinings within a single utterance.
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To make a more complete comparison what are needed are languages with various types ofsyntacticcomplexityin combination with different types of cue strength.
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Therefore, both test suites should be built in such a way as to reflect different degrees ofsyntacticcomplexity.
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The first is grounded in grammaticization, and the second insyntacticcomplexity.
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The phenomena he discusses include allusions, polysyllabic words, andsyntacticcomplexityin terms of parataxis and hypotaxis.
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Elsness hypothesizes that this exception is related to the question ofsyntacticcomplexity, which is obviated when the auxiliary becomes mandatory.
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The passive sentences were most difficult for all children, particularly the poor comprehenders, suggesting that word order correction performance is sensitive tosyntacticcomplexity.
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