Assessing L2 writing formality using syntactic complexity indices: A fuzzy evaluation approach

Zhiyun Huang Southeast University ; Guangyao Chen Southeast University ; Zhanhao Jiang Southeast University
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Assessing Writing
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2025-10-01
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10.1016/j.asw.2025.100973
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