Xiaofei Lu

Research output

Research output per year 2005 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2024

• 78 Article
• 9 Chapter
• 4 Conference contribution
• 2 Paper
• 4 More
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Comment/debate
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Review article

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  A rhetorical function and phraseological analysis of commentaries on visuals

  Wu, J., Zhao, C. G., Lu, X. & Jin, T., Jan 2024, In: English for Specific Purposes. 73, p. 33-45 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  5 Scopus citations

• Development of verb argument constructions in L2 English learners: A close replication of research question 3 in Römer and Berger (2019)

  Liu, Y. & Lu, X., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• L2 English speaking syntactic complexity: Data preprocessing issues, reliability of automated analysis, and the effects of proficiency, L1 background, and topic

  Kim, M. & Lu, X., Mar 1 2024, In: Modern Language Journal. 108, 1, p. 270-296 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• Meaning-focused foreign language instruction via telepresence robots: A geosemiotic analysis

  Liao, J., Lu, X., Masters, K. A. & Zhou, Z., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: ReCALL.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• Noun phrase complexity and second language Chinese proficiency: An analysis of narratives by Korean learners of Chinese

  Wu, J. & Lu, X., Jan 2024, In: Assessing Writing. 59, 100810.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• Sense-aware connective-based indices of cohesion and their relationship to cohesion ratings of English language learners' written production

  Lu, X. & Hu, R., Jul 1 2024, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 46, 3, p. 644-662 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Testing the Relationship of Linguistic Complexity to Second Language Learners’ Comparative Judgment on Text Difficulty

  Zhang, X. & Lu, X., Sep 2024, In: Language Learning. 74, 3, p. 672-706 35 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  4 Scopus citations
• 2023

  A discourse dynamics analysis of academic voice construction: Disciplinary variation, trajectories, and dynamic interaction patterns

  Dong, J., Liu, Y. & Lu, X., Dec 2023, In: System. 119, 103181.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• An interpretable measure of semantic similarity for predicting eye movements in reading

  Kun, S., Qiuying, W. & Xiaofei, L., Aug 2023, In: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 30, 4, p. 1227-1242 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Diachronic changes in the syntactic complexity of emerging Chinese international publication writers’ research article introductions: A rhetorical strategic perspective

  Yin, S., Gao, Y. & Lu, X., Jan 2023, In: Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 61, 101205.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Syntactic Complexity 100%
  • Research Articles 85%
  • Rhetoric 73%
  • writer 58%
  • Writer 38%
  7 Scopus citations

• Effects of Word Limit on Sentence Length and Clause Length in Academic Journal Article Abstracts: A Synergetic Linguistic Perspective

  Li, Y., Gao, Y. & Lu, X., 2023, In: Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 30, 3-4, p. 322-342 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  3 Scopus citations

• Lexical complexity changes in 100 years’ academic writing: Evidence from Nature Biology Letters

  Zhou, X., Gao, Y. & Lu, X., Jul 2023, In: Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 64, 101262.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  6 Scopus citations

• Local grammars and intercultural speech act studies: A study of apologies in four English varieties

  Su, H. & Lu, X., Sep 1 2023, In: Intercultural Pragmatics. 20, 4, p. 377-404 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  3 Scopus citations

• Sociocultural Theory and Corpus-Based English Language Teaching

  Poehner, M. E. & Lu, X., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: TESOL Quarterly.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  2 Scopus citations

• Syntactic complexity features of science research article introductions: Rhetorical-functional and disciplinary variation perspectives

  Zhou, W., Li, Z. & Lu, X., Jan 2023, In: Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 61, 101212.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Syntactic Complexity 100%
  • Research Articles 85%
  • Rhetoric 73%
  • Academic Writing 36%
  • English for Academic Purposes 25%
  7 Scopus citations

• The design and cognitive validity verification of reading-to-write tasks in L2 Chinese writing assessment

  Pan, R. & Lu, X., Apr 2023, In: Assessing Writing. 56, 100699.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• The difficulty of oral speech act production tasks in second language pragmatics testing

  Huang, W. & Lu, X., Feb 3 2023, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 14, 1096399.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• The effects of task complexity on lexical complexity in L2 writing: An exploratory study

  Abdi Tabari, M., Lu, X. & Wang, Y., Jun 2023, In: System. 114, 103021.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  19 Scopus citations

• The predictive powers of fine-grained syntactic complexity indices for letter writing proficiency and their relationship to pragmatic appropriateness

  Li, Y. K., Lin, S., Liu, Y. & Lu, X., Apr 2023, In: Assessing Writing. 56, 100707.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  5 Scopus citations
• 2022

  Assessing pragmatic performance in advanced L2 academic writing through the lens of local grammars: A case study of ‘exemplification’

  Su, H. & Lu, X., Oct 2022, In: Assessing Writing. 54, 100668.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Grammar 100%
  • Academic Writing 98%
  • Exemplification 96%
  • Writing Proficiency 93%
  • L2 Writing 84%
  3 Scopus citations

• Beyond Differences: Assessing Effects of Shared Linguistic Features on L2 Writing Quality of Two Genres

  Zhang, X., Lu, X. & Li, W., Feb 1 2022, In: Applied Linguistics. 43, 1, p. 168-195 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • L2 Writing 100%
  • EFL Writing 85%
  • Linguistic Features 69%
  • Linguistics 56%
  • genre 53%
  28 Scopus citations

• English verb-argument construction profiles in a specialized academic corpus: Variation by genre and discipline

  Casal, J. E., Shirai, Y. & Lu, X., Apr 2022, In: English for Specific Purposes. 66, p. 94-107 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • English Verbs 100%
  • genre 64%
  • English for Specific Purposes 63%
  • Specialized Corpora 62%
  • Verbs 56%
  6 Scopus citations

• Noun-Phrase Complexity Measures in Chinese and Their Relationship to L2 Chinese Writing Quality: A Comparison with Topic–Comment-Unit-Based Measures

  Lu, X. & Wu, J., Mar 1 2022, In: Modern Language Journal. 106, 1, p. 267-283 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chinese Writing 100%
  • Noun Phrase 72%
  • Second Language Learners 26%
  • Language Teachers 24%
  • Syntactic Complexity 24%
  11 Scopus citations

• Predicting native Chinese readers’ perception of sentence boundaries in written Chinese texts

  Sun, K. & Lu, X., Oct 2022, In: Reading and Writing. 35, 8, p. 1889-1910 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Completeness 100%
  • Logistic Regression 82%
  • Reader 80%
  • Logistic Models 57%
  • Clause 53%
  2 Scopus citations

• Revisiting the predictive power of traditional vs. fine-grained syntactic complexity indices for L2 writing quality: The case of two genres

  Zhang, X. & Lu, X., Jan 2022, In: Assessing Writing. 51, 100597.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • L2 Writing 100%
  • Syntactic Complexity 86%
  • genre 53%
  • EFL Learners 12%
  • English as a Foreign Language 11%
  33 Scopus citations

• Sense-aware lexical sophistication indices and their relationship to second language writing quality

  Lu, X. & Hu, R., Jun 2022, In: Behavior research methods. 54, 3, p. 1444-1460 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Second Language Writing 100%
  • Sophistication 61%
  • Language 46%
  • Psycholinguistics 29%
  • L2 Learners 22%
  12 Scopus citations

• Word-Combination-Based Measures of Phraseological Diversity, Sophistication, and Complexity and Their Relationship to Second Language Chinese Proficiency and Writing Quality

  Hu, R., Wu, J. & Lu, X., Dec 2022, In: Language Learning. 72, 4, p. 1128-1169 42 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Proficiency 100%
  • Sophistication 84%
  • Intermediate 48%
  • Effect Size 40%
  • Writing Research 40%
  9 Scopus citations
• 2021

  A multi-dimensional analysis of the Management's Discussion and Analysis narratives in Chinese and American corporate annual reports

  Ren, C. & Lu, X., Apr 2021, In: English for Specific Purposes. 62, p. 84-99 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multidimensional Analysis 100%
  • Narrative Analysis 89%
  • dimensional analysis 88%
  • annual report 73%
  • Annual Reports 59%
  22 Scopus citations

• Applying local grammars to the diachronic investigation of discourse acts in academic writing: The case of exemplification in Linguistics research articles

  Su, H., Zhang, Y. & Lu, X., Jul 2021, In: English for Specific Purposes. 63, p. 120-133 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Grammar 100%
  • Academic Writing 98%
  • Exemplification 96%
  • Research Articles 93%
  • Diachrony 72%
  17 Scopus citations

• Assessing Lexical Psychological Properties in Second Language Production: A Dynamic Semantic Similarity Approach

  Sun, K. & Lu, X., Sep 23 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 672243.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Psycholinguistics 100%
  • psycholinguistics 75%
  • Semantics 68%
  • semantics 52%
  • Language 52%
  3 Scopus citations

• Do research articles with more readable abstracts receive higher online attention? Evidence from Science

  Jin, T., Duan, H., Lu, X., Ni, J. & Guo, K., Oct 2021, In: Scientometrics. 126, 10, p. 8471-8490 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • evidence 100%
  • Syntactics 22%
  • time 7%
  23 Scopus citations

• From Xu to the Development of L2 Interactional Competence: A Conversation Analytic Case Study

  Yang, M. & Lu, X., Sep 1 2021, In: Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics. 44, 3, p. 273-291 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • intersubjectivity 100%
  • conversation 91%
  • Intersubjectivity 79%
  • expert 76%
  • Interaction 65%
  1 Scopus citations

• Matching phrase-frames to rhetorical moves in social science research article introductions

  Lu, X., Yoon, J. & Kisselev, O., Jan 2021, In: English for Specific Purposes. 61, p. 63-83 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Research Articles 100%
  • Rhetoric 86%
  • social science 57%
  • Disciplinary Writing 19%
  • Section Introduction 15%
  47 Scopus citations

• Rhetorical and phraseological features of research article introductions: Variation among five social science disciplines

  Lu, X., Yoon, J., Kisselev, O., Casal, J. E., Liu, Y., Deng, J. & Nie, R., Aug 2021, In: System. 100, 102543.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Research Articles 100%
  • Rhetoric 86%
  • social science 57%
  • Writing Pedagogy 26%
  • Section Introduction 25%
  16 Scopus citations

• Syntactic complexity across academic research article part-genres: A cross-disciplinary perspective

  Casal, J. E., Lu, X., Qiu, X., Wang, Y. & Zhang, G., Jul 2021, In: Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 52, 100996.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Syntactic Complexity 100%
  • Research Articles 85%
  • Academic Research 84%
  • Cross-disciplinary 82%
  • genre 61%
  38 Scopus citations

• Syntactic complexity of research article part-genres: Differences between emerging and expert international publication writers

  Yin, S., Gao, Y. & Lu, X., Apr 2021, In: System. 97, 102427.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Syntactic Complexity 100%
  • Research Articles 85%
  • genre 61%
  • writer 58%
  • expert 43%
  35 Scopus citations

• The relationship between syntactic complexity and rhetorical move-steps in research article introductions: Variation among four social science and engineering disciplines

  Lu, X., Casal, J. E., Liu, Y., Kisselev, O. & Yoon, J., Jul 2021, In: Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 52, 101006.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Syntactic Complexity 100%
  • Research Articles 85%
  • Rhetoric 73%
  • social science 49%
  • engineering 41%
  31 Scopus citations

• Towards the Synergy of Genre- And Corpus-Based Approaches to Academic Writing Research and Pedagogy

  Lu, X., Elliott Casal, J. & Liu, Y., Jan 1 2021, In: International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching. 11, 1, p. 59-71 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Writing Pedagogy 100%
  • Writing Research 92%
  • Academic Writing 80%
  • Corpus-based 74%
  • Synergy 71%
  14 Scopus citations
• 2020

  Chinese EFL learners’ misconceptions of noun countability and article use

  Liu, Y. & Lu, X., Jun 2020, In: System. 90, 102222.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Countability 100%
  • EFL Learners 99%
  • Misconceptions 62%
  • Nouns 52%
  • English as a Foreign Language 22%
  8 Scopus citations

• Effect of prompt type on test-takers’ writing performance and writing strategy use in the continuation task

  Shi, B., Huang, L. & Lu, X., Jul 1 2020, In: Language Testing. 37, 3, p. 361-388 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Writing Strategies 100%
  • Strategy Use 96%
  • Prompts 67%
  • Continuation 63%
  • EFL Learners 31%
  35 Scopus citations

• Effect of the linguistic complexity of the input text on alignment, writing fluency, and writing accuracy in the continuation task

  Peng, J., Wang, C. & Lu, X., May 1 2020, In: Language Teaching Research. 24, 3, p. 364-381 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Linguistic Complexity 100%
  • Fluency 81%
  • EFL Learners 72%
  • Continuation 61%
  • Alignment 57%
  36 Scopus citations

• N1 of N2 constructions in academic written discourse: A pattern grammar analysis

  Liu, Y. & Lu, X., Sep 2020, In: Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 47, 100893.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Pattern Grammar 100%
  • Written Discourse 77%
  • Phraseology 47%
  • Rhetoric 39%
  • discourse 29%
  10 Scopus citations

• Promoting discipline-specific genre competence with corpus-based genre analysis activities

  Dong, J. & Lu, X., Apr 2020, In: English for Specific Purposes. 58, p. 138-154 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Genre Analysis 100%
  • Corpus-based 81%
  • genre 60%
  • Rhetorical Structure 46%
  • Research Articles 42%
  49 Scopus citations

• Syntactic Complexity in Adapted Teaching Materials: Differences Among Grade Levels and Implications for Benchmarking

  Jin, T., Lu, X. & Ni, J., Mar 1 2020, In: Modern Language Journal. 104, 1, p. 192-208 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Benchmarking 100%
  • Grade Level 92%
  • Syntactic Complexity 90%
  • benchmarking 71%
  • teaching materials 64%
  34 Scopus citations

• The rhetorical functions of syntactically complex sentences in social science research article introductions

  Lu, X., Casal, J. E. & Liu, Y., Mar 2020, In: Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 44, 100832.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Complex Sentences 100%
  • Research Articles 90%
  • Rhetoric 78%
  • Syntactic Complexity 53%
  • social science 52%
  65 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Constant self-initiated teacher change, factors, and mechanism: A narrative inquiry

  Li, Y. & Lu, X., Jan 1 2019, In: Cogent Education. 6, 1, 1588089.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • narrative 100%
  • teacher 67%
  • resilience 28%
  • teaching content 17%
  • teaching method 14%
  2 Scopus citations

• ELF in the Iranian education system: Exploring teacher trainers’ and pre-service/in-service English teachers’ attitudes

  Asakereh, A., Yousofi, N., Weisi, H. & Lu, X., Jan 1 2019, In: Cogent Education. 6, 1, 1622625.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • teacher attitude 100%
  • education system 74%
  • teacher 37%
  • teacher training 20%
  • English language 18%
  4 Scopus citations

• From Novice Storytellers to Persuasive Arguers: Learner Use of Evidence in Oral Argumentation

  Jin, T., Shi, Z. & Lu, X., Dec 1 2019, In: TESOL Quarterly. 53, 4, p. 1151-1161 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  5 Scopus citations

• L1 domain-specific knowledge as predictor of reading comprehension in L2 domain-specific texts: The case of ELT student teachers

  Darabi Bazvand, A. & Lu, X., Jan 1 2019, In: Cogent Education. 6, 1, 1631019.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • student teacher 100%
  • comprehension 92%
  • knowledge 76%
  • natural sciences 30%
  • descriptive statistics 28%
  2 Scopus citations

• Measuring and supporting second language development using computerized dynamic assessment

  Zhang, J. & Lu, X., 2019, In: Language and Sociocultural Theory. 6, SpecialIssue1, p. 92-115 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dynamic Assessment 100%
  • Language Development 63%
  • Diagnostics 32%
  • Language Assessment 29%
  • Language Instruction 27%
  17 Scopus citations