Corpus Analysis on Students' Counter and Support Arguments in Argumentative Writing

Autor/inn/en	McCarthy, Philip M.; Kaddoura, Noor W.; Al-Harthy, Ayah; Thomas, Anuja M.; Duran, Nicholas D.; Ahmed, Khawlah
Titel	Corpus Analysis on Students' Counter and Support Arguments in Argumentative Writing
Quelle	In: Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 12 (2022) 1, S.256-271 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McCarthy, Philip M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2146-0655
Schlagwörter	Computational Linguistics; Connected Discourse; Discourse Analysis; Readability; Classification; Language Usage; Language Processing; Cognitive Ability; Persuasive Discourse; College Students; Essays; Writing Evaluation; Computer Software; Advanced Students; Writing Instruction; Grades (Scholastic); Structural Analysis (Linguistics) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Diskursanalyse; Lesbarkeit; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachverarbeitung; Denkfähigkeit; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Collegestudent; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Fortgeschrittener; Schreibunterricht; Notenspiegel; Structural analysis; Strukturanalyse
Abstract	This study analyzes the linguistic features of counter-arguments and support arguments using two computational linguistic tools: Coh-Metrix and Gramulator. The research question investigates whether counter-argument paragraphs and support paragraphs are different in terms of their linguistic features. To conduct this study, a corpus of 78 argumentative papers was collected. The paragraphs in the papers were categorized in terms of their function. The categories included functions of Support, Counter-argument, Expostulation, Counter-argument and Expostulation, Background, and Other. The paragraphs were analyzed for their readability and writing quality through Coh-Metrix. With the exception of the measure of Deep Cohesion, the Coh-Metrix results suggest minimal differences in terms of readability and writing quality between counter-argument and support paragraphs. Following the Coh-Metrix analysis, both counter-argument and support corpora were analyzed through Gramulator for their lexical features. The Gramulator results suggest the presence of causal language and fixed expressions in counterarguments, as well as some tagged language in support arguments. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01