Detecting the first language of second language writers using automated indices of cohesion, lexical sophistication, syntactic complexity and conceptual knowledge

Approaching Language Transfer Through Text Classification: Explorations in the Detection-Based Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 106-126

  Crossley, Scott A ^a   McNamara, Danielle S ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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