The Register-Functional Approach to Grammatical Complexity : Theoretical Foundation, Descriptive Research Findings, Application (Hardcover)

List of Tables List of Figures Permissions PART I: The Register-Functional Perspective on Complexity Chapter 1: Book Introduction Chapter 2: Theoretical and Descriptive Linguistic Foundation of the Register-Functional Approach to Grammatical Complexity Chapter 3: Overview of the Analytical Methods Used in RF Complexity Research PART II: Descriptive Linguistic Studies of Synchronic Patterns Part II Overview Chapter 4: Biber, D. 1992. On the complexity of discourse complexity: A multidimensional analysis. Discourse Processes, 15: 133-163. Chapter 5: Biber, D. and B. Gray. 2010. Challenging stereotypes about academic writing: Complexity, elaboration, explicitness. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 9: 2-20. Chapter 6: Gray, B. 2015. On the complexity of academic writing: Disciplinary variation and structural complexity. In V. Cortes & E. Csomay (eds.), Corpus-based Research in Applied Linguistics. In Honor of Douglas Biber (pp. 49-77). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Chapter 7: Biber, D. 2015. Stance and grammatical complexity: An unlikely partnership discovered through corpus analysis. Corpus Linguistics Research, 1: 1-19. PART III: Descriptive Linguistic Studies of Diachronic Patterns Part III Overview Chapter 8: Biber, D. and B. Gray. 2011. Grammatical change in the noun phrase: The influence of written language use. English Language and Linguistics, 15: 223-250. Chapter 9: Biber, D. and B. Gray. 2013. Being specific about historical change: The influence of sub-register. Journal of English Linguistics, 41: 104-134. Chapter 10: Biber, D. and B. Gray. 2013. Nominalizing the verb phrase in academic science writing. In B. Aarts and G. Leech (eds.), The English Verb Phrase: Corpus Methodology and Current Change (pp. 99-132). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 11: Biber, D. and B. Gray. 2016. The functional extension of phrasal grammatical features in academic writing. In: Grammatical complexity in academic English: Linguistic change in writing (pp. 167-207). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 12: Biber, D. and B. Gray. 2016. The loss of explicitness in academic research writing. In: Grammatical complexity in academic English: Linguistic change in writing (pp. 218-243). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. PART IV: Applied Research Part IV Overview Chapter 13: Rationale and hypotheses for the study of writing development from the RF perspective Chapter 14: Biber, D., B. Gray, and K. Poonpon. 2011. Should we use characteristics of conversation to measure grammatical complexity in L2 writing development? TESOL Quarterly, 45: 5-35. Chapter 15: Biber, D., B. Gray, and S. Staples. 2016. Predicting patterns of grammatical complexity across language exam task types and proficiency levels. Applied Linguistics, 37(5): 639-668. Chapter 16: Staples, S., J. Egbert, D. Biber, and B. Gray. 2016. Academic writing development at the university level: Phrasal and clausal complexity across level of study, discipline, and genre. Written Communication, 33: 149-183. Chapter 17: Staples, S. and R. Reppen. 2016. Understanding L2 writing in first-year composition: A lexico-grammatical analysis across L1s, assignments, and writing quality. Journal of Second Language Writing, 32: 17-35. Chapter 18: Biber, D., R. Reppen, S. Staples, and J. Egbert. 2020. Exploring the longitudinal development of grammatical complexity in the disciplinary writing of L2-English university students. International Journal of Learner Corpus Research, 6(1): 38-71. Chapter 19: Gray, B., J. Geluso, & P. Nguyen. 2019. The longitudinal development of grammatical complexity at the phrasal and clausal levels in spoken and written responses to the TOEFL iBT test. TOEFL iBT Research Report No. RR-19-45. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. Chapter 20: Biber, D., B. Gray, S. Staples, & J. Egbert. 2020. Investigating grammatical complexity in L2 English writing research: Linguistic description versus predictive measurement. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 46: 1-15. PART V: Conclusion Chapter 21: Reflecting on the Register-Functional Approach to Grammatical Complexity: What do we know and where do we go from here? 　 References Index