The relationship between narrative microstructure and macrostructure: Differences between six- and eight-year-olds

Q2 Arts and Humanities
Sara Košutar, Matea Kramarić, Gordana Hržica
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Abstract The current study aimed to investigate age-related differences in narrative abilities at the macrostructural and microstructural levels and to examine which microstructural aspects explain narrative macrostructure at ages six and eight. Oral narratives were elicited from 89 Croatian monolingual children using the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN). At the microstructural level, the measure of lexical diversity D, clausal density, and mean length of clause were assessed. Macrostructure was assessed using the standardized MAIN scoring procedure. We found differences between the two age groups in lexical diversity, clausal density, and macrostructure, with eight-year-olds scoring higher on all measures. Variance in the macrostructure was explained to a significant extent by lexical diversity in the case of six-year-olds, and by both lexical diversity and clausal density in the case of eight-year-olds. Our results suggest that six-year-olds rely mostly on lexical abilities when telling a story, while eight-year-olds also draw on syntactic abilities.
叙事微观结构与宏观结构的关系:六岁与八岁儿童的差异
摘要当前的研究旨在调查宏观结构和微观结构层面上与年龄相关的叙事能力差异,并考察哪些微观结构方面可以解释6岁和8岁时的叙事宏观结构。使用多语言叙述评估工具(MAIN)对89名克罗地亚单语儿童进行了口头叙述。在微观结构层面,评估了词汇多样性D、从句密度和从句平均长度的测量。宏观结构使用标准化MAIN评分程序进行评估。我们发现两个年龄组在词汇多样性、从句密度和宏观结构方面存在差异,八岁的孩子在所有指标上得分都更高。宏观结构的变化在很大程度上可以用六岁儿童的词汇多样性来解释,八岁儿童的词多样性和从句密度也可以解释。我们的研究结果表明,六岁的孩子在讲故事时主要依赖词汇能力,而八岁的孩子也依赖句法能力。
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Psychology of Language and Communication
Psychology of Language and Communication Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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