This paper provides an overview of how analyses of linguistic features in writing samples provide a greater understanding of predictions of both text quality and writer development and links between language features within texts. Specifically, this paper provides an overview of how language features found in text can predict human judgements of writing proficiency and changes in writing levels in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. The goal is to provide a better understanding of how language features in text produced by writers may influence writing quality and growth. The overview will focus on three main linguistic construct (lexical sophistication, syntactic complexity, and text cohesion) and their interactions with quality and growth in general. The paper will also problematize previous research in terms of context, individual differences, and reproducibility.

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写作质量和发展的语言特征：概述

本文概述了写作样本中的语言特征分析如何更好地理解文本质量和作家发展以及文本中语言特征之间的联系。具体而言，本文概述了在横断面研究和纵向研究中，文本中发现的语言特征如何能够预测人类对写作水平的判断以及写作水平的变化。目的是更好地了解作家所产生的文本中的语言特征如何影响写作质量和成长。概述将着重于三种主要的语言结构（词汇复杂性，句法复杂性和文本衔接）以及它们与总体质量和增长的相互作用。该论文还将就背景方面对先前的研究提出质疑，