| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·Research Background and Research Questions | 第15-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Overall Organization of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-30页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework Concerning Syntactic Complexity | 第19-23页 |
| ·The Search for a Developmental Index in SLA | 第19-21页 |
| ·Fluency, Accuracy, and Complexity | 第21页 |
| ·Syntactic Complexity and Its Indices | 第21-23页 |
| ·Empirical Studies of Second Language (L2) Development at Home and Abroad | 第23-30页 |
| ·Empirical Studies Concerning Syntactic Complexity in Written Language | 第23-26页 |
| ·Empirical Studies of L2 Development in Oral Production | 第26-28页 |
| ·Empirical Studies on Syntactic Complexity in Both Spoken and Written Language | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第30-38页 |
| ·Definition and Delimitation of the Key Words | 第30-32页 |
| ·Syntactic Complexity | 第30页 |
| ·Language Proficiency (LP) | 第30-31页 |
| ·Task Types in the TEM-4 Oral Test | 第31-32页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32页 |
| ·Instruments | 第32-33页 |
| ·Procedures | 第33-38页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第33-37页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第38-74页 |
| ·Syntactic Complexity Features Demonstrated by Different Proficiency Groups | 第38-50页 |
| ·Results | 第38-45页 |
| ·Results of Syntactic Complexity Features in Task 1 Story Retelling | 第38-40页 |
| ·Results of Syntactic Complexity Features in Task 2 Impromptu Talk | 第40-43页 |
| ·Results of Syntactic Complexity Features in Task 3 Role-play | 第43-45页 |
| ·Discussion | 第45-50页 |
| ·Discussion of Syntactic Complexity Features Concerning Unit Length | 第46-48页 |
| ·Discussion of Syntactic Complexity Features Concerning Clausal Density | 第48页 |
| ·Discussion of Syntactic Complexity Features Concerning Sentence Patterns | 第48-50页 |
| ·Differences of Syntactic Complexity Features in Three Tasks | 第50-74页 |
| ·Differences of Unit Length in Three Tasks | 第50-58页 |
| ·Result Report of Differences of Unit Length in Three Tasks | 第51-56页 |
| ·Discussion of Differences of Unit Length in Three Tasks | 第56-58页 |
| ·Differences of Clausal Density in Three Tasks | 第58-64页 |
| ·Result Report of Differences of Clausal Density in Three Tasks | 第58-62页 |
| ·Discussion of Differences of Clausal Density in Three Tasks | 第62-64页 |
| ·Differences of Sentence Patterns in Three Tasks | 第64-74页 |
| ·Result Report of Differences of Sentence Patterns in Three Tasks | 第64-70页 |
| ·Discussion of Differences of Sentence Patterns in Three Tasks | 第70-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第74-81页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第74-78页 |
| ·The Syntactic Complexity Features Demonstrated by Both LP Groups | 第74-76页 |
| ·The Syntactic Complexity Features Displayed in the Three Tasks | 第76-78页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第78-79页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第79-81页 |
| Notes | 第81-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-88页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第88-89页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第89-90页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第90-92页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第92-95页 |
| Publication While Registered with the MA Program | 第95页 |
