Skip to content

Similar papers

Open access Sep 2026

Children's Oral Narrative Skills Through the Lens of Internal State Terms: A Large-Scale Study of Fictional Stories Elicited With the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives.

PURPOSE This article investigates the development of oral narrative skills in children through the lens of internal states in a large cross-linguistic data set of comparable fictional stories. METHOD In a joint effort of research groups around the world, 5,507 picture-based stories were elicited from 2,763 monolingua...

Natalia Gagarina, U. Bohnacker, M. Bohn et al. · 1 citation
Review Open access Sep 2026

Sound-Meaning Correspondence and Child-Directed Speech in Early Language Development: Evidence From Kazakh Caregiver Speech

This study examines the phonological, semantic, and communicative features of caregiver speech and children’s self-created words in early language development, based on data from Kazakh-speaking families. The research is based on a survey of 50 parents and explores two key aspects: (1) the use of terms of endearment in...

Zaure Sovetova, A. Fazylzhan, K. Kuderinova et al. · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

Narrative Production Abilities in Mandarin-Speaking Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder

Narrative skills are important for communication and everyday interaction. This study examined how Mandarin-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD) produce oral narratives. Thirty-six Mandarin-speaking monolingual children at the preschool educational stage participated, including 18 childre...

Rui-Jie Zhao, Wen-Chun Yang · 0 citations
Open access Sep 2026

Linguistic Features of Storytelling and Retelling by 4–6-Year-Old Children

This study examines the linguistic features of storytelling and story retelling among Lithuanian-speaking children aged 4–6 years. Using the MAIN methodology, data were collected from both storytelling based on picture sequences and retellings of two narratives (‘Dog’ and ‘Baby Birds’). The analysis focused on quantita...

J. Stepšys · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

Bridging Emotion in the Classroom with Child Understanding: Initial Findings from Linguistic Analysis for SEL Programs

Research on how children develop emotion concepts is vital to successful, culturally sensitive social–emotional learning (SEL) programs that account for individual differences in the development of SEL skills. This study presents a thematic analysis of child emotion definitions and potential implications for SEL progra...

Aneyn M. O'Grady, Sonali Nag · 0 citations
Oct 2026

Heritage Speakers Telling Fictional Stories in Two Languages: Cross-Linguistic Differences in Macrostructure.

PURPOSE The article aimed to examine cross-linguistic differences in macrostructure abilities in the narratives of 5- to 6-year-old preschool children from diverse heritage language (HL) backgrounds who speak Hebrew as the societal language (SL). METHOD Data were collected from 104 preschool children (ages 5-6 years)...

Sveta Fichman, Carmit Altman, Joel Walters et al. · 0 citations

We use cookies to run the site and, with your consent, for analytics and to show ads. See our Cookie Policy.