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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1TheoreticalBackground
1.1 Definitions of syntactic complexity by various researchers
1.2 Theoretical background
1.3 Measures of syntactic complexity
1.4 Summaty and the hypotheses for the study
2Methodology
2.1 Research design
2.2 Summary
3Results
3.1 Results about the effect of grade levels on syntactic complexity
3.2Results about the relationship of syntactic comlexity to writing quality
3.3 Summary
4Discussion
4.1 The development of syntactic complexity across levels
4.2 The relationship of syntactic complexity to writing quality
4.3 Summary
5Conclusion
5.1 Major findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations and recommendations for future research
References
Appendix Ⅰ Published papers during study of MA
Appendix Ⅱ Guidelines for Clauses, T-Units, and Errors
Appendix Ⅲ Scoring Criteria
Appendix Ⅳ Examples of Compositions