Medidas de longitud en la investigación empírica de
ASL
¿Medidas de complejidad sintáctica o de fluidez?
El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar el controvertido
estatus de tres medidas lingüísticas ampliamente utilizadas en la investigación
empírica de Adquisición de Segundas Lenguas, como son la longitud promedio de la
unidad terminal, la longitud promedio de la cláusula y la longitud promedio de
la oración. Sesenta y cinco aprendientes griegos de español como lengua
extranjera realizaron dos tareas escritas y su actuación se evaluó con base en
un total de 24 medidas de precisión, fluidez y complejidad sintáctica y léxica.
Mediante la aplicación del Análisis Factorial Común se pudo constatar que las
medidas de longitud (longitud promedio de la unidad terminal y de la cláusula) y
de subordinación cargan en factores diferentes y, más que fluidez, dichas
medidas evalúan diferentes facetas del constructo de complejidad sintáctica. En
cuanto a la longitud promedio de la oración, los resultados sugieren que esta
medida se ve influenciada por factores relacionados con su cómputo, con la
extensión de los textos analizados, así como por las convenciones lingüísticas
que rigen la lengua materna o extranjera.
Article outline
- 1.Introducción
- 2.Conceptualización y medición de los constructos de CAF
- 3.Conceptualización, medición y problemas metodológicos relacionados con las
unidades de análisis del discurso
- 4.Análisis Factorial Exploratorio: Una herramienta útil al servicio del
investigador de ASL
- 5.Metodología
- 5.1Participantes
- 5.2Tareas escritas
- 5.3Procedimiento de recogida y tratamiento de los datos
- 6.Resultados
- 7.Discusión
- 8.Conclusiones
- Notas
-
Referencias
Article language: Spanish
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