The final chapter in Part 4 of the book develops the theoretical motivation for the RF
framework as applied to the field of second language writing. The paper is addressed in …

Since the 1990s, grammatical complexity has received considerable attention in different
fields of L2 studies, for instance, second language acquisition (SLA) and L2 writing. While …

This collection brings together the editors' previous research with new work on the Register-
Functional (RF) approach to grammatical complexity, offering a unified theoretical account …

The developmental patterns that learners follow as their language develops in syntactic
complexity has gained much attention in L2 writing research recently. This study aims to …

This corpus-based study investigated the association between noun phrase complexity and
L2 writing proficiency based on the 11 noun modifiers in Biber, Gray, and Poonpon's (2011) …

Grammatical complexity is regarded as a crucial feature of L2 writing. The construct has
been widely utilized in empirical research to gauge L2 writing quality and development …

Researchers in second language (L2) writing studies are increasingly focusing on
examining complex noun phrases (NPs). However, recent studies on NP complexity show a …

While previous research on syntactic complexity development in academic writing
recommends incorporating instruction on complex noun phrases into L2 writing curricula …

Grammatical complexity has been established as a key indicator of language and writing
development (;;). The present study uses the Register-Functional approach to complexity to …

In successful writing development, English as a foreign language (EFL) learners not only
need to acquire grammatical complexity (GC) features but also know when and how to use …