GUI Application for Measuring Subordination Sophistication of English Texts
Published by Haerim Hwang
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The Subordination Sophistication Analyzer (SSA) 1.0 measures subordination sophistication of English texts in addition to coordination complexity.
The 9 indices computed by this tool are:
(1) proportion of main clauses (= number of main clauses per clause),
(2) proportion of finite adverbial clauses (= number of finite adverbial clauses per clause),
(3) proportion of nonfinite adverbial clauses (= number of nonfinite adverbial clauses per clause),
(4) proportion of finite complement clauses (= number of finite complement clauses per clause),
(5) proportion of nonfinite complement clauses (= number of nonfinite complement clauses per clause),
(6) proportion of finite relative clauses (= number of finite relative clauses per clause),
(7) proportion of nonfinite relative clauses (= number of nonfinite relative clauses per clause),
(8) proportion of finite coordinate clauses (= number of finite coordinate clauses per clause),
(9) proportion of nonfinite coordinate clauses (= number of nonfinite coordinate clauses per clause).
It can take 1 to 3 minutes to open the application depending on the performance of your device because it installs a few natural language processing packages.
Hwang, H. (accepted). The impact of subordination type and finiteness on second language development in timed impromptu writing: An NLP-based analysis using the Subordination Sophistication Analyzer. Written Communication.