Lexical richness in adolescent writing, insights from the classroom: An L1 vocabulary development study

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Lexical richness in adolescent writing, insights from the classroom: An L1 vocabulary development study

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Victoria University of Wellington

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This thesis constitutes a mixed-methods enquiry into how vocabulary develops across adolescence, within the context of New Zealand secondary schools. A quantitative approach was adopted to investigate vocabulary use in authentic written essays produced by secondary school English students (N=141) belonging to three age groups: 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18, from eight schools. Essays were analysed for the following three lexical richness features: lexical variation, lexical sophistication, and lexi...

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2014

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White, Rebecca Hamilton

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Lexical_richness_in_adolescent_writing_insights_from_the_cla...

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Applied linguistics and educational linguistics / Adolescent / Vocabulary / Development / Lexicology / School: School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies / Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics / Languages and Literacy / Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture / Degree Discipline: Applied Linguistics / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Arts

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