SLP 6011 LECTURE 5 NARRATIVES
Narrative is a primary______ of thought that plays a major ____ in both our ____ and
_____ lives. - Answers -mode,role,waking,sleeping
What must you have to produce good narratives? - Answers -good phonology,
morphology, syntax, and semantics
What are the 5 different types of narratives? - Answers -Recounts
Accounts
Eventcasts
Fictional Stories
Scripts
Applebee's Narratives are... - Answers -Heaps
Sequences
Primitive narratives
Unfocused chains
Focused chains
Narratives
Heaps (typical for 2 year olds) - Answers -Series of unrelated statements about any
stimulus present in the environment.
Statements provide labels or labels plus descriptive
Usually concrete characteristics of the stimulus
Told with simple declarative statements
Usually in present progressive tense
Sometimes connected with "and"
Syntax becomes repetitive
Sequence - Answers -No sequence of events in this story
Centering strategies are noted
Story may be centered on a setting, character, or repeated states, actions, or
statements of feelings that are attributed to various characters.
Primitive Narrative - Answers -Centering is further developed
Collection of events is related to a central core
The center consists of co-occuring or complementary events- things that go together in
an experience
Unfocused chain - Answers -Appear infrequently in people with normal language
development
Begin to show a chaining strategy
Rely heavily on temporal relations
Narrative is a primary______ of thought that plays a major ____ in both our ____ and
_____ lives. - Answers -mode,role,waking,sleeping
What must you have to produce good narratives? - Answers -good phonology,
morphology, syntax, and semantics
What are the 5 different types of narratives? - Answers -Recounts
Accounts
Eventcasts
Fictional Stories
Scripts
Applebee's Narratives are... - Answers -Heaps
Sequences
Primitive narratives
Unfocused chains
Focused chains
Narratives
Heaps (typical for 2 year olds) - Answers -Series of unrelated statements about any
stimulus present in the environment.
Statements provide labels or labels plus descriptive
Usually concrete characteristics of the stimulus
Told with simple declarative statements
Usually in present progressive tense
Sometimes connected with "and"
Syntax becomes repetitive
Sequence - Answers -No sequence of events in this story
Centering strategies are noted
Story may be centered on a setting, character, or repeated states, actions, or
statements of feelings that are attributed to various characters.
Primitive Narrative - Answers -Centering is further developed
Collection of events is related to a central core
The center consists of co-occuring or complementary events- things that go together in
an experience
Unfocused chain - Answers -Appear infrequently in people with normal language
development
Begin to show a chaining strategy
Rely heavily on temporal relations
