Noun Phrasal Complexity in Computer Science Conference Abstracts

IF 0.7 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.4018/ijcallt.311096
Yu Wang, Tianshuang Ge, Zhilei Ren
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Noun phrase (NP) complexity research has shown the effects of both discipline and writing competence on NP complexity in academic writing and has focused more on applied linguistics. Yet few studies examined NPs in the academic writing of computer science (CS), especially in the CS conference abstract writing, in depth. This study fills this gap by investigating the disciplinary preference of NPs through the corpus analysis of 267 published abstracts from a leading CS conference. The authors found that multiple pre-modifiers were the most frequently used device by CS researchers, and attributive adjectives, nouns, and prepositional phrases were fundamental in abstract composition in both CS and applied linguistics. The difference largely lies in the use of devices in later-acquired stages. CS researchers favor more multiple pre-modifiers while their peers in applied linguistics tend to prefer multiple prepositional phrases as post-modifiers. The findings shed light on classroom instruction and future research on NP complexity.
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计算机科学会议摘要中的名词短语复杂性
名词短语复杂性研究表明学科和写作能力对学术写作中名词短语复杂性的影响,并更多地关注于应用语言学。然而,很少有研究深入研究NPs在计算机科学(CS)学术写作中的作用,特别是在计算机科学会议摘要写作中的作用。本研究通过对一个主要的计算机科学会议上发表的267篇摘要的语料库分析来调查NPs的学科偏好,从而填补了这一空白。作者发现,复合前置修饰语是计算机科学研究者使用最多的手段,定语形容词、名词和介词短语是计算机科学和应用语言学中抽象构成的基础。区别主要在于在后期获得阶段使用设备。计算机科学研究者更倾向于使用多个前置修饰语,而应用语言学研究者更倾向于使用多个介词短语作为后置修饰语。研究结果对课堂教学和NP复杂性的未来研究有所启发。
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期刊介绍: The mission of the International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT) is to publish research, theory, and conceptually-based papers that address the use and impact of and innovations in education technologies in advancing foreign/second language learning and teaching. This journal expands on the principles, theories, designs, discussion, and implementations of computer-assisted language learning. In addition to original research papers and submissions on theory and concept development and systematic reports of practice, this journal welcomes theory-based CALL-related book and software/application reviews.
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