Telling stories: The structure of adults' narratives
Telling stories: The structure of adults' narratives
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讲故事：成人叙事的结构
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1990
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S. Norman
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S. Kemper;S. Rash;Donna Kynette;S. Norman
摘要通过对成年人的叙述进行分析，研究其结构的寿命变化。这些叙述是从一组60多岁、70多岁和80多岁的成年人中收集的。对叙述的（1）层次结构、（2）句法结构、（3）命题内容和（4）衔接进行了四个单独的分析。两组差异的措施，层次结构，句法结构和衔接。进一步的分析表明，叙事结构的复杂性影响其句法结构和衔接。年龄组和结构复杂性的影响之间的相互作用表明，老年人尽量减少他们的叙述的句法复杂性，减少他们的凝聚力，当产生结构复杂的叙述。最后，叙事质量的评分与其结构复杂性密切相关，这表明讲一个“好”的故事涉及构建复杂的情节。
Abstract Adults' narratives were analysed to study life-span changes in their structure. The narratives were collected from a group of adults in their 60s, 70s, and 80s. Four separate analyses were performed on the narratives' (1) hierarchical structure, (2) syntactic structure, (3) propositional content, and (4) cohesion. Age-group differences were obtained for the measures of hierarchical structure, syntactic structure, and cohesion. Further analyses revealed that the structural complexity of the narratives influenced their syntactic structure and cohesion. Interactions between the effects of age group and structural complexity suggest that elderly adults minimise the syntactic complexity of their narratives, reducing their cohesion, when producing structurally complex narratives. Finally, ratings of the quality of the narratives were strongly correlated with their structural complexity, suggesting that telling a “good” story involves constructing complex plots.