The Development of Vocabulary and Syntax through Translation

Dynamic System Theory (DST) can be applied in second language acquisition. This paper, from the perspective of DST, examines the development of vocabulary and syntax through translation. The analysis of three postgraduate students’ performances in College English Test Band 6 (CET 6) translation shows that the lexical and syntactic performances are variable, unpredictable and non-linear. In order to increase the validity of the result, three English major postgraduate students in Qingdao University of Science and Technology were invited to be raters. And the result shows that the growth of translation performance is variable, unpredictable and non-linear, which is corresponding to the result assessed by www. pigai. org

Linguistics · Natural language processing · Syntax · Vocabulary · Cognitive Science and Mapping · Computer Science · Educational Technology and Optimization · Mathematics · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence