The effects of genre on the lexical richness of argumentative and expository writing by Chinese EFL learners.

Front Psychol · 2022 · PMC9872011 · PMID 36704688

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The results indicated a significant increase in all three subconstructs of lexical richness in argumentative compositions over the year, while in expository compositions, only lexical density and lexical sophistication demonstrated an increasing trend.

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