A corpus-based analysis of noun modifiers in L2 writing: The respective impact of L2 proficiency and L1 background.

PLoS One · 2025 · PMC11918418 · PMID 40100871

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

Unlike other complex clausal modifiers, they show an increasing trend in both relative frequency and Z-scores from B1 to C1.

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