Altuntaş, Elif Nur2025-02-062025-02-062025-012025-012025-01-31https://hdl.handle.net/11693/116182Cataloged from PDF version of article.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 289-301).This study conducts a linguistic analysis of noun phrase complexity in graduate level academic writing on foreign policy, based on Kyle’s (2016) measures of noun phrase complexity. It focuses on MA theses written by English language dominant writers and English Foreign Language Turkish writers. Focusing on exploring noun phrase complexity is demonstrated and varied with reference to language background, the results of the study highlight differences in nouns as dependents, determiners, adjectives, prepositions, and relative clauses and similarities in following genre requirements and use of possessives, non-clausal adverbial, and verbal modifiers.xvii, 309 leaves : illustrations, charts ; 30 cm.Englishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessNoun phrasesPhrasal complexitySyntactic complexityAcademic writingForeign policyThesisB121819