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文学硕士学位论文

A Coh-Metrix Analysis of Textual
Features and Second Language
Writing Proficiency

文本特征与二语写作水平关系研究
——基于 Coh-Metrix 的分析

硕士生姓名王宏伟
学科专业外国语言学及应用语言学
研究方向军事外语教育
指导教师燕丽勤副教授

国防科学技术大学研究生院
二零一一年十二月
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A Coh-Metrix Analysis of Textual Features
and Second Language Writing Proficiency

文本特征与二语写作水平关系研究
——基于 Coh-Metrix 的分析

A Thesis

Submitted to the Graduate School of
National University of Defense Technology
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
For the Degree of Master of Arts

By
Wang Hongwei
Under the Supervision of
Associate Professor Yan Liqin
National University of Defense Technology

Changsha, Hunan
December, 2011
M. A. Thesis A Coh-Metrix Analysis of Textual Features and Second Language Writing Proficiency
ABSTRACT
English writing development is an important element of a student’s educational career
and mirrors learners’ linguistic development. As part of linguistic proficiency, writing skills
can be represented by textual features. Previous researches have focused their attention on
what internal textual features distinguish essays ranked high and low in overall quality
(Witte & Faigley, 1981), ., textual features like cohesive devices, lexical proficiency and
plexity have had predictive powers for the function of writing proficiency.
The previous general studies have focused on a singular textual feature or a certain type of
features, for example, cohesion, lexical proficiency, in predicting the overall writing
proficiency. As there are multiple textual features in writing, it is in great urgency for
language teachers, second language researchers as well putational linguists to study
the relationships between cohesive devices, lexical diversity, plexity and