Title of article :
The Use of Nominal Subordinate Clause as a Syntactic Complexity Measure by Some National University of Lesotho Students
Author/Authors :
MORATO-MALEKE ، ʼMATŠITSO EUGENIA Department of English - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO , PHAFOLI ، LEHLOHONOLO SAMUEL Department of African Languages Literature - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO
From page :
178
To page :
187
Abstract :
The paper explores the use of nominal subordinate clause as a syntactic complexity measure in some examination scripts of the National University of Lesotho (NUL) fourth year students. The study is based on the employment of the interpretivist paradigm as well as descriptive and case study designs. Data was collected from the students’ essays in the (2016/2017) examination papers and analysed qualitatively, following the Transformational Generative Grammar (TGG) and the Cognitive Grammar (CG), both of which formed the theoretical frameworks for the study. The paper shows that NUL students have a reasonably high level of syntactic complexity with the use of nominal subordinate clause.
Keywords :
Nominal clause , Subordinate clause , syntactic complexity , measure , interpretivist paradigm , descriptive and case study designs , Transformational Generative Grammar , Cognitive Grammar
Journal title :
International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation (IJLLT)
Journal title :
International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation (IJLLT)
Record number :
2633556
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