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The distribution of dependency relations in Great Expectations and Jane Eyre

Published in Glottometrics, 2017

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei & Liu, Siqi. (2017). "The distribution of dependency relations in Great Expectations and Jane Eyre." Glottometrics. 37, 13-33.
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A quantitative analysis on a literary genre essay’s syntactic features

Published in Quantitative analysis of dependency structures, 2018

Recommended citation: Wang, Yaqin & Yan, Jianwei. (2018). "A quantitative analysis on a literary genre essay's syntactic features." Quantitative analysis of dependency structures. 295-314. De Gruyter Mouton.
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Which annotation scheme is more expedient to measure syntactic difficulty and cognitive demand?

Published in Proceedings of the first workshop on quantitative syntax (Quasy, SyntaxFest 2019), 2019

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei & Liu, Haitao. (2019). "Which annotation scheme is more expedient to measure syntactic difficulty and cognitive demand?" Proceedings of the first workshop on quantitative syntax (Quasy, SyntaxFest 2019). 16-24.
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Morphology and word order in Slavic languages: Insights from annotated corpora

Published in Вопросы языкознания (Voprosy Jazykoznanija), 2021

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei & Liu, Haitao. (2021). "Morphology and word order in Slavic languages: Insights from annotated corpora." Вопросы языкознания. (4), 131-159.
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Probability distribution of dependency distance based on a treebank of Japanese EFL learners’ interlanguage

Published in Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 2021

Recommended citation: Li, Wenping & Yan, Jianwei. (2021). "Probability distribution of dependency distance based on a treebank of Japanese EFL learners' interlanguage." Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 28(2), 172-186.
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Quantitative analysis of Chinese and English verb valencies based on probabilistic valency pattern theory

Published in Workshop on Chinese Lexical Semantics, 2021

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei & Liu, Haitao. (2021). "Quantitative analysis of Chinese and English verb valencies based on probabilistic valency pattern theory." Workshop on Chinese Lexical Semantics. 152-162. Springer.
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Assessing the AWE-Based Teacher-Assisted Feedback Model for College English Writing Teaching at the Application-Oriented University

Published in International Conference on Computer Science and Education, 2022

Recommended citation: Zhou, Xianwu & Yan, Jianwei. (2022). "Assessing the AWE-Based Teacher-Assisted Feedback Model for College English Writing Teaching." International Conference on Computer Science and Education. 421-429. Springer.
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Semantic roles or syntactic functions: The effects of annotation scheme on the results of dependency measures

Published in Studia Linguistica, 2022

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei & Liu, Haitao. (2022). "Semantic roles or syntactic functions: The effects of annotation scheme on the results of dependency measures." Studia Linguistica. 76(2), 406-428.
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How syntactic analysis influences the calculation of mean dependency distance: Evidence from the enhanced dependency representation

Published in Proceedings of the 36th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, 2022

Recommended citation: Yih, Tsy; Yan, Jianwei & Liu, Haitao. (2022). "How syntactic analysis influences the calculation of mean dependency distance." Proceedings of PACLIC 36. 83-92.
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Text Mining with R: A Tidy Approach (Book Review)

Published in Natural Language Engineering, 2022

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei. (2022). "Text Mining with R: A Tidy Approach, by Julia Silge and David Robinson." Natural Language Engineering. 28(1), 137-139.
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Corpus linguistics for writing development: A guide for research (Book Review)

Published in System, 2023

Recommended citation: Li, Qidi & Yan, Jianwei. (2023). "Corpus linguistics for writing development: A guide for research (Review)." System.
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Igor Mel’čuk. 2021. Ten studies in Dependency Syntax (Book Review)

Published in Canadian Journal of Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique, 2023

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei & Yih, Tsy. (2023). "Igor Mel'čuk. 2021. Ten studies in Dependency Syntax (Review)." Canadian Journal of Linguistics. 68(4), 622-627.
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词类转化与语言形态类型关系的定量研究

Published in 外语教学与研究, 2023

Recommended citation: 邵斌; 阎建玮; 郑憬. (2023). "词类转化与语言形态类型关系的定量研究." 外语教学与研究. 55(4), 497-508.
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基于高频句法关系依存方向的语序类型计量研究

Published in 语言文字应用, 2023

Recommended citation: 阎建玮; 刘海涛. (2023). "基于高频句法关系依存方向的语序类型计量研究." 语言文字应用. (2), 79-90.
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Exploring the Role of Sentence-Final Particles in Spoken Cantonese: A Comparative Study Based on the POS-based Dependency Networks

Published in Glottometrics, 2024

Recommended citation: Chen, Yixi & Yan, Jianwei. (2024). "Exploring the Role of Sentence-Final Particles in Spoken Cantonese." Glottometrics. 57, 21-39.
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Investigating the Hierarchical Order of Function Words in SUD and UD Treebanks

Published in Linguistic Analysis, 2024

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei & Liu, Haitao. (2024). "Investigating the Hierarchical Order of Function Words in SUD and UD Treebanks." The Status of Function Words in Dependency Grammar. 43, 629-666.
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The development of phrase-frames in EFL learners’ essays: Variability, structures, and functions

Published in International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei; Li, Qidi & Jiang, Jingyang. (2024). "The development of phrase-frames in EFL learners' essays." International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 34(4), 1689-1708.
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The current state and prominent features of quantitative linguistics through the lens of QUALICO 2023: A conference report

Published in Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 2024

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei. (2024). "The current state and prominent features of quantitative linguistics through the lens of QUALICO 2023." Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 31(1), 54-67.
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Revisiting English written VP-ellipsis and VP-substitution: A dependency-based analysis

Published in Linguistics Vanguard, 2024

Recommended citation: Dai, Zheyuan; Liu, Haitao & Yan, Jianwei. (2024). "Revisiting English written VP-ellipsis and VP-substitution: A dependency-based analysis." Linguistics Vanguard. 9(1), 13-23.
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Basic word order typology revisited: a crosslinguistic quantitative study based on UD and WALS

Published in Linguistics Vanguard, 2024

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei & Liu, Haitao. (2024). "Basic word order typology revisited: a crosslinguistic quantitative study based on UD and WALS." Linguistics Vanguard. 9(1), 73-85.
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Defining digital humanities and examining its relationship with linguistics through the lens of Digital Scholarship in the Humanities

Published in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 2025

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei; Li, Qidi & Liu, Haitao. (2025). "Defining digital humanities and examining its relationship with linguistics." Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. 40(1), 354-380.
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Discourse markers’ role in syntactic complexity of sentence structure

Published in Mathematical Modelling in Linguistics and Text Analysis, 2025

Recommended citation: Dai, Zheyuan & Yan, Jianwei. (2025). "Discourse markers' role in syntactic complexity of sentence structure." Mathematical Modelling in Linguistics and Text Analysis. 104.
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Tracing the shapes of adventure: a subject-based interpretation of emotional arcs

Published in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 2025

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei & Chen, Yixi. (2025). "Tracing the shapes of adventure: a subject-based interpretation of emotional arcs." Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. 40(3), 986-1002.
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Humanities data in R: exploring networks, geospatial data, images, and text (Book Review)

Published in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 2025

Recommended citation: Li, Qidi & Yan, Jianwei. (2025). "Humanities data in R: exploring networks, geospatial data, images, and text (Review)." Digital Scholarship in the Humanities.
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Modeling the law of abbreviation in classical, modern, and ChatGPT-generated Chinese: A power-law analysis of structural economy

Published in Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Quantitative Syntax (QUASY, SyntaxFest 2025), 2025

Recommended citation: Yan, Jianwei & Chen, Heng. (2025). "Modeling the law of abbreviation in classical, modern, and ChatGPT-generated Chinese." Proceedings of QUASY, SyntaxFest 2025. 56-62.
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The complexity trade-off between morphological richness and word order freedom in Romance languages: A quantitative perspective

Published in Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie, 2025

Recommended citation: Liu, Siqi; Yan, Jianwei & Liu, Haitao. (2025). "The complexity trade-off between morphological richness and word order freedom in Romance languages." Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie. 141(2), 323-349.
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Zipf’s Law for Discourse Markers in Spoken Mongolian

Published in Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 2025

Recommended citation: Bao, Minna; Yan, Jianwei & Huang, Dabhurbayar. (2025). "Zipf's Law for Discourse Markers in Spoken Mongolian." Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 32(2), 166-180.
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