Table 3.
Summary of the 15 selected measures and tools of calculation.
| Measures | Code | Tools of calculation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syntactic | Mean length of clause | MLC | |
| Complexity | Clauses per sentences | C/S | |
| Dependent clauses per T-unit | DC/T | ||
| Clause per T-unit | C/T | L2SCA | |
| T-units per sentence | T/S | ||
| Coordinate phrases per T-unit | CP/T | ||
| Complex nominals per T-unit | CN/T | ||
| Verb phrase per T-unit | VP/T | ||
| Lexical | Word frequency | Frequency | TAALES |
| Complexity | Measure of textual lexical diversity | MTLD | TALLED |
| Synonym | Synonym | TAACO | |
| Hypernymy | Hypernymy | TAALES | |
| Contextual distinctives | Collocation | TAALES | |
| Morphological | Morphological complexity index (MCI) | V100 | Morpho complexity tool |
| Complexity | Types per Family index | T/F | VocabProfile |