Using the Relative Entropy of Linguistic Complexity to Assess L2 Language Proficiency Development

This study applies relative entropy in naturalistic large-scale corpus to calculate the difference among L2 (second language) learners at different levels. We chose lemma, token, POS-trigram, conjunction to represent lexicon and grammar to detect the patterns of language proficiency development amon...

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Main Authors: Kun Sun, Rong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/8/1080

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