Linguistic complexity of EFL writing with different levels of English proficiency: A stratified study of an application-oriented university

Jinhua Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0349399

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Linguistic complexity of EFL writing with different levels of English proficiency: A stratified study of an application-oriented university

Jinhua Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 275979545@qq.com

Affiliation School of General Education, Xihang University, Xi’an‌‌, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3330-3213

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Linguistic complexity of EFL writing with different levels of English proficiency: A stratified study of an application-oriented university

Jinhua Zhang

Published: May 20, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349399

About the Authors

Jinhua Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 275979545@qq.com

Affiliation School of General Education, Xihang University, Xi’an‌‌, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3330-3213

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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