《動態繫統理論視角下的二語寫作發展研究/外教社博學文庫》從動態繫統理論的視角出發，采用歷時個案研究和數據動態呈現的方法，從詞彙、句法和語篇三個語言層面對某高校四位英語專業學生的英語日志進行變異分析，揭示二語寫作能力發展的個體差異、非線性特征、具體難點以及詞彙、句法和語篇關聯增長的模式。《動態繫統理論視角下的二語寫作發展研究/外教社博學文庫》對二語寫作研究與教學進行了理論與實踐探索，可以作為外語教師、學生和外語研究人員的參考書。

Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 Research Orientation
1．2 Purpose and Significance of the Present Study
1．3 General Structure of the Book

Chapter 2 Literature Review
2．1 Introduction
2．2 Dynamic Systems Theory
2．2．1 Key Concepts in DST
2．2．2 Features of Dynamic Systems
2．2．3 Language as a Dynamic System
2．2．4 DST and SLD
2．2．5 DST and Emergentism
2．3 L2 Writing Development
2．3．1 Measurement of L2 Writing Development
2．3．2 Multiple Perspectives of L2 Writing Study
2．3．3 Core Issues of L2 Writing Study
2．3．4 Previous Studies on L2 Writing Development
2．4 Summary

Chapter 3 Research Design from DST Perspective
3．1 Introduction
3．2 General Research Methodologies
3．3 Study Design of Longitudinal Case Study
3．3．1 Data Collection
3．3．2 Data Description
3．3．3 Data Exploration
3．4 Methods of Variability Analysis
3．4．1 Growth Trajectory Plots
3．4．2 Moving Min-max Graph
3．4．3 De-trended Data Values （Residuals）
3．4．4 Moving Correlations
3．4．5 Moving Average
3．4，6 Moving Progmax-Regmin Graph
3．4．7 Change-Point Analysis
3．4．8 Monte Carlo Simulations
3．5 Summary

Chapter 4 Research Design of the Present Study
4．1 Introduction
4．2 Research Questions
4．3 Setting and Participants
4．4 Task and Procedure
4．5 Coding the Writing Data
4．6 Data Processing
4．7 Predictions
4．8 Summary

Chapter 5 Development of Vocabulary in L2 Writing
5．1 Introduction
5．2 Vocabulary and L2 Writing Quality
5．3 Measurement of Lexical Development
5．3．1 Measures of Lexical Complexity
5．3．2 Measures of Lexical Accuracy
5．4 Research Questions Revisited
5．5 Results： Data and Variability Analysis
5．5．1 Results of Lexical Complexity
5．5．2 Results of Lexical Accuracy
5．5．3 Interactions between Lexical Complexity andAccuracy
5．6 Change-Point Analysis in kexical Development
5．6．1 Change-Point Analysis of Lexical Complexity
5．6．2 Change-Point Analysis of Lexical Accuracy
5．7 Discussion
5．8 Summary

Chapter 6 Development of Syntax in L2 Writing
6．1 Introduction
6．2 Measurement of Syntactic Development
6．2．1 Measures of Syntactic Complexity
6．2．2 Measures of Syntactic Accuracy
6．3 Research Questions Revisited
6．4 Results： Data and Variability Analysis
6．4．1 Results of Syntactic Complexity
6．4．2 Results of Syntactic Accuracy
6．5 Interactions between Syntactic Complexity and Accuracy
6．6 Change-Point Analysis of Syntactic Development
6．6．1 Change-Point Analysis of Syntactic Complexity
6．6．2 Change-Point Analysis of Syntactic Accuracy
6．7 Discussion
6．8 Summary

Chapter 7 Development of Discourse in L2 Writing
7．1 Introduction
7．2 Discourse Competence in L2 Writing
7．3 Coherence in L2 Writing
7．4 Measurement of Coherence in Written Discourse
7．5 Research Questions Revisited
7．6 Results： Data and Variability Analysis
7．6．1 Inter-individual Variability
7．6．2 Intra-individual Variability
7．6．3 Interactions between Discourse Measures
7．7 Change-PointAnalysis of Discourse Coherence
7．7．1 Change-Point Analysis of Local Coherence
7．7．2 Change-Point Analysis of Global Coherence
7．8 Interactions between Measures of Different Linguistic Levels
7．8．1 Interactions between Discourse and Lexical Measures
7．8．2 Interactions between Discourse and Syntactic Measures
7．9 Discussion
7．10 Summary

Chapter 8 General Discussion and Conclusion
8．1 Summary and General Discussion
8．2 Implications
8．3 Limitations
8．4 Future Research
8．5 Final Remarks
Bibliography
Appendix I Samples of Journal Writing
Appendix II Samples of Reflections on Journal Writing