Assessing Writing Jan 2021

Syntactic complexity in L2 learners’ argumentative writing: Developmental stages and the within-genre topic effect

Nesrin Atak ; Aysel Saricaoglu
Journal
Assessing Writing
Published
2021-01-01
DOI
10.1016/j.asw.2020.100506
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