| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-27页 |
| 2.1 Syntactic Complexity | 第17-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions of Syntactic Complexity | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Syntactic Complexity and Second Language(L2) Writing | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2 Previous Researches on Syntactic Complexity | 第19-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Researches on Syntactic Complexity Abroad | 第19-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Researches on Syntactic Complexity in China | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第27-37页 |
| 3.1 Dynamic System Theory(DST) | 第27-31页 |
| 3.1.1 Theoretical Exploration into Dynamic System Theory | 第27-29页 |
| 3.1.2 Basic Aspects of Dynamic System Theory | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2 Dynamic System Theory and Second Language Acquisition | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2.1 Language as a Dynamic System | 第31页 |
| 3.2.2 Application of Dynamic System Theory in SLA | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3 Measurements of Syntactic Complexity | 第32-37页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第37-44页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第37页 |
| 4.2 Subjects | 第37-38页 |
| 4.3 Corpus | 第38-39页 |
| 4.4 Software | 第39-42页 |
| 4.4.1 Web-based L2 Syntactic Complexity Analyzer | 第39-42页 |
| 4.4.2 PASW (Predictive Analytics Software ) Statistics 18.0 | 第42页 |
| 4.5 Data Collection and Analysis | 第42-44页 |
| 4.5.1 Data Collection | 第42-43页 |
| 4.5.2 Data Analysis | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第44-69页 |
| 5.1 The General Change of Mean and Standard Deviation of the Six Indexes in Ten Writings | 第44-46页 |
| 5.2 The General Developmental Pattern of Syntactic Complexity | 第46-51页 |
| 5.2.1 The Developmental Pattern of Length of Production | 第46-48页 |
| 5.2.2 The Developmental Pattern of Subordination | 第48-50页 |
| 5.2.3 The Developmental Pattern of Particular Structures | 第50-51页 |
| 5.3 Significant Differences in Syntactic Complexity between the Adjacent and Non-adjacent Periods | 第51-63页 |
| 5.3.1 Multiple Comparisons of Length of Production in Ten Tested Times | 第51-55页 |
| 5.3.2 Multiple Comparisons of Subordination in Ten Tested Times | 第55-59页 |
| 5.3.3 Multiple Comparisons of Particular Structures in Ten Tested Times | 第59-63页 |
| 5.4 Dynamic Correlation of Internal Indexes of Syntactic Complexity | 第63-66页 |
| 5.5 The Interpretation from the Perspective of Dynamic System Theory Approach | 第66-69页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第69-73页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第69-70页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Study | 第70-71页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Study | 第71-72页 |
| 6.4 Suggestions for Further Study | 第72-73页 |
| References | 第73-78页 |
| Appendix I The Raw Data of Six Variables | 第78-84页 |
| Appendix II List of Texts in Corpus (150) | 第84-92页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第92-93页 |
| 攻读硕士期间发表的论文 | 第93页 |
