This tool calculates the complexity measure described in Nelson (2024).
For multiple texts, click "upload" and select the .txt files. For one text, paste it into the box. When your texts are ready, click "Process Input".
Refresh your browser to run the tool on a different text or set of texts (after processing has finished).
Read the Open Access paper for full details about the complexity measure and please cite it in your research if you use the tool:
Nelson, R. (2024). Using constructions to measure developmental language complexity. Cognitive Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1515/cog-2023-0062