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linked to any other structural elements of the surrounding
groups, they can be included in the types of errors which have
served
our ( purposes.
Thus, wbt errors may be characterized by the type of
translation closely related to morpheme-bound as to the
influence of the sequence of English ngps on the rendition
of
equivalent Portuguese ngps. Among wbt errors we may
find ngps whose translation requires an insertion of a
rankshifted group or clause at (q) as the equivalent
Portuguese
structural element to one (m) in an English ngp.
Errors labelled as i rg have also occurred in ngps
whose translation does not necessarily
need the insertion of a
rankshifted group or clause at ^q) as one of the
equivalent
Portuguese structural elements, occupying the position of (m) ,
in an-English
ngp.
5.4. The types of ngps which have been disregarded
Before presenting the statistical analysis applied to
the types of errors mentioned above, a brief explanation about
the kinds of ngps which have not been taken into account as part
of this research is
necessary.
To find out the error rate per student in each ngp
- which we shall be discussing in the following pages - we had
to take into account the number of errors - wbt and i rg ones -
and the number of ngps in each text administered to our EL I
students. The number of words forming a ngp has also been
taken
into consideration as a possible factor which has posed some
difficulties in the translation of ngps. In this way, the