The predictive powers of fine-grained syntactic complexity indices for letter writing proficiency and their relationship to pragmatic appropriateness

Yuan ke Li South China Normal University ; Shiwan Lin South China Normal University ; Yarou Liu South China Normal University ; Xiaofei Lu Pennsylvania State University
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Assessing Writing
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2023-04-01
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10.1016/j.asw.2023.100707
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