| Literature DB >> 8084194 |
V F Gutierrez-Clellen1, R Hofstetter.
Abstract
Syntactic complexity in the movie retellings of 77 school-age Spanish-speaking children was examined using a structural constituent analysis. The results demonstrated developmental differences in the length of T-units, index of subordination, use of relative clauses, and prepositional phrases. There were also differences in the length of T-units, use of nominal clauses, and adverbial phrases across Spanish language groups. The analysis underscores the significance of subordination as a cohesive device and as an indicator of narrative proficiency.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8084194 DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3703.645
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Speech Hear Res ISSN: 0022-4685