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Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the research
1.2 Significance of the present research
1.3 Structure of the thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Definition of written syntactic complexity
2.2 Definition and selection of written syntactic complexity measures
2.3 Relevant empirical studies on written syntactic complexity
2.4 Theoretical foundation—Skehan’s Trade-off Hypothesis
Chapter 3 Research Methodology
3.1 Research questions
3.2 Research participants
3.3 Research instrument
3.4 Data collection
3.5 Data analysis
Chapter 4 Results and Discussion
4.1 The effect of genre on the written syntactic complexity
4.2 The effect of timing condition on the written syntactic complexity
4.3 The interactive effects between genre and timing condition on the written syntactic complexity
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Major findings
5.2 Pedagogic implications
5.3 Limitations and suggestions for further research
参考文献
Appendix I Writing Requirements
Appendix II Guidelines for T-Units, Clauses \(Polio, 1997\)
Appendix III Coding Instances
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