Structural Complexity and the Acquisition of the Hq Nominal Group Type in English
The aim of this study was to find out whether our observations that secondary school students made more mistakes when they used the hq nominal group (NG) structures than when they used any other structure including the mhq is scientifically verifiable. The data used for the study were written Engli...
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The aim of this study was to find out whether our observations that secondary school students made more mistakes when they used the hq nominal group (NG) structures than when they used any other structure including the mhq is scientifically verifiable. The data used for the study were written English compositions by 250 students randomly selected from five secondary schools in the Ede Zone of Osun State. Having analysed their written tasks, it was found that the hq type, which is structurally less complex than the mhq type, was more difficult to acquire. The study therefore recommended that the mhq type of NG should be taught before the hq type as the hq type did not have to be acquired before the mhq type.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f046c9fe999841b5881f6d03548998612023-09-03T13:37:59ZengNordic Africa Research NetworkNordic Journal of African Studies1459-94652002-06-0111210.53228/njas.v11i2.358Structural Complexity and the Acquisition of the Hq Nominal Group Type in EnglishA. T. Akande0Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria The aim of this study was to find out whether our observations that secondary school students made more mistakes when they used the hq nominal group (NG) structures than when they used any other structure including the mhq is scientifically verifiable. The data used for the study were written English compositions by 250 students randomly selected from five secondary schools in the Ede Zone of Osun State. Having analysed their written tasks, it was found that the hq type, which is structurally less complex than the mhq type, was more difficult to acquire. The study therefore recommended that the mhq type of NG should be taught before the hq type as the hq type did not have to be acquired before the mhq type. https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/358nominal groupshq typegrammatical structures |
| spellingShingle | A. T. Akande Structural Complexity and the Acquisition of the Hq Nominal Group Type in English Nordic Journal of African Studies nominal groups hq type grammatical structures |
| title | Structural Complexity and the Acquisition of the Hq Nominal Group Type in English |
| title_full | Structural Complexity and the Acquisition of the Hq Nominal Group Type in English |
| title_fullStr | Structural Complexity and the Acquisition of the Hq Nominal Group Type in English |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural Complexity and the Acquisition of the Hq Nominal Group Type in English |
| title_short | Structural Complexity and the Acquisition of the Hq Nominal Group Type in English |
| title_sort | structural complexity and the acquisition of the hq nominal group type in english |
| topic | nominal groups hq type grammatical structures |
| url | https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/358 |
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