1386 Pages
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Routledge
1386 Pages
by
Psychology Press
1386 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume represents the culmination of an extensive research project that studied the development of linguistic form/function relations in narrative discourse. It is unique in the extent of data which it analyzes--more than 250 texts from children and adults speaking five different languages--and in its crosslinguistic, typological focus. It is the first book to address the issue of how the... Read more
Contents: R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Preface. Part I:Introduction. R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Different Ways of Relating Events: Introduction to the Study. R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Research Goals and Procedures. Part II:Development of Functions. R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Narrative Structure. T. Trabasso, P. Rodkin, Knowledge of Goal/Plans: A Conceptual Basis for Narrating Frog, Where Are You? Part III:Development of Linguistic Forms. R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Overview of the Linguistic Forms in the Frog Stories. R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Development of Linguistic Forms: English. M. Bamberg, Development of Linguistic Forms: German. E. Sebastian, D.I. Slobin, Development of Linguistic Forms: Spanish. R.A. Berman, Y. Neeman, Development of Linguistic Forms: Hebrew. A.A. Aksu-Koc, Development of Linguistic Forms: Turkish. Part IV:Development of Form-Function Relations. R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Form-Function Relations in the Development of Narrative. A.A. Aksu-Koc, C. von Stutterheim, Temporal Relations in Narrative: Simultaneity. L. Dasinger, C. Toupin, The Development of Relative Clause Functions in Narrative. R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Filtering and Packaging in Narrative. M. Bamberg, V. Marchman, Foreshadowing and Wrapping Up in Narrative. Part V:Conclusions. R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Implications. R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Becoming a Proficient Speaker. R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Becoming a Native Speaker. Appendices: M. Mayer, Pictures: Frog, Where Are You? R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Glossing and Transcription Conventions. R.A. Berman, D.I. Slobin, Research Using Frog, Where Are You?
Biography
Ruth A. Berman (Linguistics Tel Aviv Univeristy), Dan I. Slobin (Psychology, University of California at Berkeley).
