| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3 Layout of the Study | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-38页 |
| 2.1 Operational Definitions of SLA, SLD and SLWD | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Second Language Acquisition (SLA) | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Second Language Development (SLD) | 第20页 |
| 2.1.3 Second Language Writing Development (SLWD) | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 Dynamic Systems Theory (DST) | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Features of Dynamic/Complex Systems | 第22-27页 |
| 2.3.1 Complexity and Non-Linearity | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3.2 Chaos, Unpredictability, and Sensitivity to Initial Conditions | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3.3 Sensibility to Feedback, Iterative Growth, Self-Organization | 第25页 |
| 2.3.4 Emergence | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3.5 Variation, Attractor States and Repeller States | 第26-27页 |
| 2.4 Looking at SLD from a DST Perspective | 第27-30页 |
| 2.5 The CAF Constructs | 第30-33页 |
| 2.5.1 A Brief Historical Overview of the CAF Constructs | 第30-32页 |
| 2.5.2 Measurements of the CAF Constructs | 第32-33页 |
| 2.6 Empirical Studies on CAF Using a DST Approach | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第38-48页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第38页 |
| 3.2 Participant | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3 Research Design | 第39-41页 |
| 3.3.1 Task Repetition as a Means of Data Elicitation | 第39页 |
| 3.3.2 Continuation Task as the Instrument | 第39-41页 |
| 3.4 Data Collection | 第41-42页 |
| 3.5 Data Coding and Operationalization of the CAF Measures | 第42-45页 |
| 3.5.1 Complexity | 第42-43页 |
| 3.5.2 Accuracy | 第43-45页 |
| 3.5.3 Fluency | 第45页 |
| 3.6 Inter-Coder Reliability | 第45-46页 |
| 3.7 Data Analyses from a Dynamic Perspective | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Four Results | 第48-65页 |
| 4.1 Results for the Development of Grammatical Complexity, Vocabulary Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency | 第48-56页 |
| 4.1.1 Results for the Development of Grammatical Complexity | 第49-52页 |
| 4.1.2 Results for the Development of Vocabulary Complexity | 第52-53页 |
| 4.1.3 Results for the Development of Accuracy | 第53-55页 |
| 4.1.4 Results for the Development of Fluency | 第55-56页 |
| 4.2 Results for the Relationships Among Grammatical Complexity, Vocabulary Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency | 第56-65页 |
| 4.2.1 Results for the Relationship Between Grammatical Complexity and Vocabulary Complexity | 第57-58页 |
| 4.2.2 Results for the Relationship Between Grammatical Complexity and Fluency | 第58-60页 |
| 4.2.3 Results for the Relationship Between Grammatical Complexity and Accuracy | 第60-61页 |
| 4.2.4 Results for the Relationship Between Fluency and Accuracy | 第61-62页 |
| 4.2.5 Results for the Relationship Between Vocabulary Complexity and Fluency | 第62-63页 |
| 4.2.6 Results for the Relationship Between Vocabulary Complexity and Accuracy | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion | 第65-76页 |
| 5.1 Discussion of the Developmental Patterns of the CAF Constructs | 第65-70页 |
| 5.1.1 Discussion of the Developmental Pattern of Grammatical Complexity | 第65-67页 |
| 5.1.2 Discussion of the Developmental Pattern of Vocabulary Complexity | 第67-68页 |
| 5.1.3 Discussion of the Developmental Pattern of Accuracy | 第68-69页 |
| 5.1.4 Discussion of the Developmental Pattern of Fluency | 第69-70页 |
| 5.2 Discussion of the Relationships Among the CAF Constructs | 第70-73页 |
| 5.3 Summary of Discussion | 第73-76页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第76-79页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第77页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of the Study and Some Suggestions for Future Studies | 第77-79页 |
| References | 第79-88页 |
| Appendices | 第88-121页 |
| Appendix 1: The Selected Texts from New Concept English 2 | 第88-100页 |
| Appendix 2: The Collected Compositions | 第100-106页 |
| Appendix 3: The Tagged Compositions | 第106-114页 |
| Appendix 4: The raw data of grammatical complexity, vocabulary complexity, accuracy, and fluency | 第114-115页 |
| Appendix 5: Z-scores of grammatical complexity, vocabulary complexity, accuracy, and fluency | 第115-116页 |
| Appendix 6: The detrended data of grammatical complexity, vocabulary complexity, accuracy, and fluency | 第116-117页 |
| Appendix 7: The raw data of the numbers of the four sentence types | 第117-118页 |
| Appendix 8: The detrended data of grammatical complexity and the numbers of the four sentence types | 第118-119页 |
| Appendix 9: The raw data of the numbers of the three error types | 第119-120页 |
| Appendix 10: The detrended data of accuracy and the numbers of the three error types | 第120-121页 |
| 攻读博士/硕士学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第121-122页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第122-123页 |
| 附件 | 第123页 |
