IDENTIFYING FEATURES OF PAKISTANI LEARNERS WRITING THROUGH MDA AND COHMETRIX

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).13      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).13      Published : Sep 3
Authored by : Rabia Tabassum , Mahwish Farooq , Muhammad Asim Mahmood

13 Pages : 119‒127

References

  • Baumgardner, R. J. (1987). Utilizing Pakistani newspaper English to teach grammar. World Englishes, 6(3): pp. 241-252.
  • Baumgardner, R. J. (Ed.). (1996). South Asian English: Structure, use, and users. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
  • Biber, D. & Finegan, E. (1994). Multi- dimensional analysis of authors' style: some case studies from eighteenth century. In D. Ross, D. Brink (Eds.). Research in humanities computing, III: pp. 3-17.
  • Biber, D. (2004b). Modal use across registers and time. In Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons (eds.), Studies in the history of the English language II: Unfolding conversations. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 189-216.
  • Biber, D. (1988). Variation across speech and writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Biber, D. (1995). 'On the role of computational, statistical, and interpretive techniques in multi-dimensional analysis of register variation. Text 15/3: pp. 314-370.
  • Biber, D. (1995). Dimensions of Register Variation: A cross-linguistic comparison. Cambridge University Press.
  • Biber, D. (2004a). Conversation text types: A multi-dimensional analysis. In Gérald Purnelle, Cédrick Fairon, and Anne Dister (eds.), Le poids des mots: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Statistical Analysis of Textual Data. Louvain: Presses universitaires de Louvain. Pp. 15-34
  • Biber, D., Connor, U. & Upton, T. A. (2007). Discourse on the Move: Using Corpus Analysis to Describe Discourse Structure. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
  • Biber, D., Conrad, S. & Rappen, R. (2002). Speaking and writing in the university: A multi-dimensional comparison. TESOL quarterly. 36(1). Pp. 9-48
  • Crossley. S. Salsbury, T. Titak, A. McNamara, D. (2014). Frequency effects and second language lexical acquisition: Word types, word tokens, and word production. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics,9(3), 301-332 https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.19.3.01cro
  • Crowhurst. (1990). How many millions? The statistics of English today. English Today 1(1), 7-9.
  • Friginal, E. (2012). The Discourse of Outsourced Call Centres: A Corpus-Based, Multi- Dimensional Analysis. http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/documents/c ollege-artslaw/corpus/conference- archives/2007/24Paper.pdf.
  • Geisler, C. (2002). Investigating register variation in nineteenth-century English: A multi- dimensional comparison. In R. Rappen, S. M. Fitzmaurice &D. Biber (Eds.), Using corpora to explore linguistic variation. Amsterdam: john benjamins. pp.249-271.
  • Graesser, A. C., & D'Mello, S. K. (2012). Moment- to-moment emotions during reading. Reading Teacher, 66, 238-242.
  • Graesser, A. C., & McNamara, D. S. (2011). Computational analyses of multilevel discourse comprehension. Topics in Cognitive Science, 3, 371-398
  • Graesser, A. C., Hauft-Smith, K., Cohen, A. D., & Pyles, L. D. (1980). Advanced outlines, familiarity, text genre, and retention of prose. Journal of Experimental Education, 48, 209-220
  • Graesser, A. C., McNamara, D. S., & Kulikowich, J. (2011). Coh-Metrix: Providing multilevel analyses of text characteristics. Educational Researcher, 40, 223-234.
  • Graesser, A. C., McNamara, D. S., Louwerse, M. M., & Cai, Z. (2004). Coh-Metrix: Analysis of text on cohesion and language. Behavioral Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 36, 193-202.
  • Graesser, A. C., Millis, K. K., & Zwaan, R. A. (1997). Discourse comprehension. Annual Review of Psychology, 48, 163-189.
  • Graesser, A. C., Singer, M., & Trabasso, T. (1994). Constructing inferences during narrative text comprehension. Psychological Review, 101, 371-395.
  • Halliday M. A. K. (1988). On the language of physical science. In Ghadessy M. (Ed.), Registers of written English: Situational factors and linguistic features. Pinter: pp. 162-178
  • Li, H., Graesser, A. C., & Cai, Z. (2013). Comparing two measures of formality. In C BoonthumDenecke & G. M. Youngblood (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (pp. 220-225). Palo Alto, CA: AAAI Press.
  • Mahmood, A. (2009). A corpus-based analysis of Pakistani English. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bahauddin zikriya University, Multan.
  • Mahmood, M. A., Hassan, S., Mahmood, R. & Arif, N. (2012). A Comparative Study Ditransitive Verb Complementation Patterns in Pakistani and British Englishes. US-China foreign language 10(5): pp. 1159- 1165.
  • McNamara, D. S. (2011). Computational methods to extract meaning from text and advance theories of human cognition. Topics in Cognitive Science, 2, 1-15.
  • McNamara, D. S. (Ed.). (2007). Reading comprehension strategies: Theory, interventions, and technologies. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • McNamara, D. S., & Kintsch, W. (1996). Learning from text: Effects of prior knowledge and text coherence. Discourse Processes, 22, 247-287.
  • McNamara, D. S., Graesser, A. C., & Louwerse, M. M. (2013). Sources of text difficulty: Across the ages and genres. In J. P. Sabatini & E. Albro (Eds.), Assessing reading in the 21st century: Aligning and applying advances in the reading and measurement sciences. Lanham, MD: R&L Education.
  • McNamara, D. S., Graesser, A. C., McCarthy, P., & Cai, Z. (2014). Automated evaluation of text and discourse with Coh-Metrix. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • McNamara, D. S., Louwerse, M. M., McCarthy, P. M., & Graesser, A. C. (2010). Coh-Metrix: Capturing linguistic features of cohesion. Discourse Processes, 47, 292-330

References

  • Baumgardner, R. J. (1987). Utilizing Pakistani newspaper English to teach grammar. World Englishes, 6(3): pp. 241-252.
  • Baumgardner, R. J. (Ed.). (1996). South Asian English: Structure, use, and users. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
  • Biber, D. & Finegan, E. (1994). Multi- dimensional analysis of authors' style: some case studies from eighteenth century. In D. Ross, D. Brink (Eds.). Research in humanities computing, III: pp. 3-17.
  • Biber, D. (2004b). Modal use across registers and time. In Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons (eds.), Studies in the history of the English language II: Unfolding conversations. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 189-216.
  • Biber, D. (1988). Variation across speech and writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Biber, D. (1995). 'On the role of computational, statistical, and interpretive techniques in multi-dimensional analysis of register variation. Text 15/3: pp. 314-370.
  • Biber, D. (1995). Dimensions of Register Variation: A cross-linguistic comparison. Cambridge University Press.
  • Biber, D. (2004a). Conversation text types: A multi-dimensional analysis. In Gérald Purnelle, Cédrick Fairon, and Anne Dister (eds.), Le poids des mots: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Statistical Analysis of Textual Data. Louvain: Presses universitaires de Louvain. Pp. 15-34
  • Biber, D., Connor, U. & Upton, T. A. (2007). Discourse on the Move: Using Corpus Analysis to Describe Discourse Structure. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
  • Biber, D., Conrad, S. & Rappen, R. (2002). Speaking and writing in the university: A multi-dimensional comparison. TESOL quarterly. 36(1). Pp. 9-48
  • Crossley. S. Salsbury, T. Titak, A. McNamara, D. (2014). Frequency effects and second language lexical acquisition: Word types, word tokens, and word production. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics,9(3), 301-332 https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.19.3.01cro
  • Crowhurst. (1990). How many millions? The statistics of English today. English Today 1(1), 7-9.
  • Friginal, E. (2012). The Discourse of Outsourced Call Centres: A Corpus-Based, Multi- Dimensional Analysis. http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/documents/c ollege-artslaw/corpus/conference- archives/2007/24Paper.pdf.
  • Geisler, C. (2002). Investigating register variation in nineteenth-century English: A multi- dimensional comparison. In R. Rappen, S. M. Fitzmaurice &D. Biber (Eds.), Using corpora to explore linguistic variation. Amsterdam: john benjamins. pp.249-271.
  • Graesser, A. C., & D'Mello, S. K. (2012). Moment- to-moment emotions during reading. Reading Teacher, 66, 238-242.
  • Graesser, A. C., & McNamara, D. S. (2011). Computational analyses of multilevel discourse comprehension. Topics in Cognitive Science, 3, 371-398
  • Graesser, A. C., Hauft-Smith, K., Cohen, A. D., & Pyles, L. D. (1980). Advanced outlines, familiarity, text genre, and retention of prose. Journal of Experimental Education, 48, 209-220
  • Graesser, A. C., McNamara, D. S., & Kulikowich, J. (2011). Coh-Metrix: Providing multilevel analyses of text characteristics. Educational Researcher, 40, 223-234.
  • Graesser, A. C., McNamara, D. S., Louwerse, M. M., & Cai, Z. (2004). Coh-Metrix: Analysis of text on cohesion and language. Behavioral Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 36, 193-202.
  • Graesser, A. C., Millis, K. K., & Zwaan, R. A. (1997). Discourse comprehension. Annual Review of Psychology, 48, 163-189.
  • Graesser, A. C., Singer, M., & Trabasso, T. (1994). Constructing inferences during narrative text comprehension. Psychological Review, 101, 371-395.
  • Halliday M. A. K. (1988). On the language of physical science. In Ghadessy M. (Ed.), Registers of written English: Situational factors and linguistic features. Pinter: pp. 162-178
  • Li, H., Graesser, A. C., & Cai, Z. (2013). Comparing two measures of formality. In C BoonthumDenecke & G. M. Youngblood (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (pp. 220-225). Palo Alto, CA: AAAI Press.
  • Mahmood, A. (2009). A corpus-based analysis of Pakistani English. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bahauddin zikriya University, Multan.
  • Mahmood, M. A., Hassan, S., Mahmood, R. & Arif, N. (2012). A Comparative Study Ditransitive Verb Complementation Patterns in Pakistani and British Englishes. US-China foreign language 10(5): pp. 1159- 1165.
  • McNamara, D. S. (2011). Computational methods to extract meaning from text and advance theories of human cognition. Topics in Cognitive Science, 2, 1-15.
  • McNamara, D. S. (Ed.). (2007). Reading comprehension strategies: Theory, interventions, and technologies. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • McNamara, D. S., & Kintsch, W. (1996). Learning from text: Effects of prior knowledge and text coherence. Discourse Processes, 22, 247-287.
  • McNamara, D. S., Graesser, A. C., & Louwerse, M. M. (2013). Sources of text difficulty: Across the ages and genres. In J. P. Sabatini & E. Albro (Eds.), Assessing reading in the 21st century: Aligning and applying advances in the reading and measurement sciences. Lanham, MD: R&L Education.
  • McNamara, D. S., Graesser, A. C., McCarthy, P., & Cai, Z. (2014). Automated evaluation of text and discourse with Coh-Metrix. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • McNamara, D. S., Louwerse, M. M., McCarthy, P. M., & Graesser, A. C. (2010). Coh-Metrix: Capturing linguistic features of cohesion. Discourse Processes, 47, 292-330

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