Systemic Functional Approach to Cohesion and Its Application to Automated Cohesion Analysis

EasyChair Preprint 3985

Abstract

This study investigated how the use of cohesive devices predicts writing fluency for second language (L2) undergraduate students (N = 99). Linear mixed effects models were built to predict writing fluency using cohesion indices. Results showed that the use of semantic overlap between adjacent sentences negatively predicted fluency in process. Furthermore, the use of more unattended demonstratives related to higher fluency in process but greater revisions, whereas more attended demonstratives associated with fewer revisions.

Keyphrases: cohesion, second language learners, writing fluency

@booklet{EasyChair:3985,
  author    = {Yu Tian and Minkyung Kim and Scott Crossley and Qian Wan},
  title     = {Systemic Functional Approach to Cohesion and Its Application to Automated Cohesion Analysis},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3985},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}