This paper provides an overview of how analyses of linguistic features in writing samples
provide a greater understanding of predictions of both text quality and writer development …

Abstract Argumentation is a crucial skill in higher education, and argumentative essays are
common genres that students have to write. However, studies have shown that many L2 …

Syntactic complexity is an important measure of second language (L2) writing proficiency
(Larsen–Freeman, 1978; Lu, 2011). Large‐grained indices such as the mean length of T …

This study aims to ascertain the nature and extent of the development of English L2 writing
proficiency of 45 adult ESL learners over the time of an intensive short-term academic …

GPT detectors frequently misclassify non-native English writing as AI generated, raising
concerns about fairness and robustness. Addressing the biases in these detectors is crucial …

Syntactic complexity has been an area of significant interest in L2 writing development
studies over the past 45 years. Despite the regularity in which syntactic complexity measures …

The final chapter in Part 4 of the book develops the theoretical motivation for the RF
framework as applied to the field of second language writing. The paper is addressed in …

This study examined narrative and argumentative essays written over the course of a 4‐
month semester by 37 students of English as a second language (ESL). The essays were …

An important topic in writing research has been the use of cohesive features. Much of this
research has focused on local and text cohesion. The few studies that have studied global …

This study explores the relationship between syntactic complexity and writing quality in
assessed source-based research papers produced by ESL undergraduate writers in a first …