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IDENTIFYING FEATURES OF PAKISTANI LEARNERS WRITING THROUGH MDA AND COHMETRIX

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).13      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).13      Published : Sep 2021

Identifying Features of Pakistani Learners Writing Through MDA and Coh-Metrix

Abstract

    Learner language has been a source of interest for researchers of all times as it possesses common features of language in use. For investigating this, Multi-dimensional analysis (MDA) by Biber is one such approach that empirically studies practiced language and establishes grounds for those varieties too which are striving for their place in linguistic cline (Crossely, et al., 2014). The present research is an effort to explore common patterns of learner language, which are explored throughCoh-Metrix (an online data tagging tool used to assess cohesion, coherence,readability level, etc.) to study those features and their respective functions while partially using MDA methodology. Following Biber's methodology,Factor analysis was conducted, and four dimensions were identified, which provided clues for the functional association of these dimensions. The results show that Pakistani learners' argumentative writing possesses narrative features and is dominatingly overlapping at the level of vocabulary,syntactic constructions, and passage development, and even in argumentation. These findings help us to establish the fact that Pakistani English has its own identity. These results are helpful for linguists as well as teachers as the knowledge of common linguistic and syntactic structures can be assessed easily while keeping in mind the grade level of the students.

    (1) Rabia Tabassum
    Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Mahwish Farooq
    Senior Lecturer, Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Asim Mahmood
    Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Tabassum, R., Farooq, M., & Mahmood, M. A. (2021). Identifying Features of Pakistani Learners Writing Through MDA and Coh-Metrix. Global Social Sciences Review, VI(III), 119‒127. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).13

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Tabassum, Rabia, Mahwish Farooq, and Muhammad Asim Mahmood. 2021. "Identifying Features of Pakistani Learners Writing Through MDA and Coh-Metrix." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (III): 119‒127 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).13

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    HARVARD : TABASSUM, R., FAROOQ, M. & MAHMOOD, M. A. 2021. Identifying Features of Pakistani Learners Writing Through MDA and Coh-Metrix. Global Social Sciences Review, VI, 119‒127.

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    MHRA : Tabassum, Rabia, Mahwish Farooq, and Muhammad Asim Mahmood. 2021. "Identifying Features of Pakistani Learners Writing Through MDA and Coh-Metrix." Global Social Sciences Review, VI: 119‒127

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    OXFORD : Tabassum, Rabia, Farooq, Mahwish, and Mahmood, Muhammad Asim (2021), "Identifying Features of Pakistani Learners Writing Through MDA and Coh-Metrix", Global Social Sciences Review, VI (III), 119‒127

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Tabassum, Rabia, Mahwish Farooq, and Muhammad Asim Mahmood. "Identifying Features of Pakistani Learners Writing Through MDA and Coh-Metrix." Global Social Sciences Review VI, no. III (2021): 119‒127. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).13