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Chinese Language Narration: Culture, cognition, and emotion is a collection of papers presenting original research on narration in Mandarin, especially as it contrasts to what is known regarding narration in English. One chapter addresses dinner table conversation between Chinese immigrant parents and children in the United States compared to non-immigrant peers. Other chapters consider evaluation patterns in Mandarin versus English, referencing strategies, coherence patterns, socioeconomic differences among Taiwanese Mandarin-speaking children, and differences in narration due to Specific Language Impairment and schizophrenia. Several chapters address developmental concerns. Distinctive aspects of narration in Mandarin are linked to larger issues of autobiographical memory. Mandarin is spoken by far more people than any other language, yet narration in this language has received notably less attention than narration in Western languages. This collective effort is a critical addition to our understanding of cross-cultural similarities and differences in how people make sense of experiences through narrative.
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Chinese Language Narration
Studies in Narrative (SiN) The subject of SiN is the study of narrative. Volumes published in the series draw upon a variety of approaches and methodologies in the study of narrative. Particular emphasis is placed on theoretical approaches to narrative and the analysis of narratives in human interaction. For an overview of all books published in this series, please see http://benjamins.com/catalog/sin
Editor Michael Bamberg Clark University
Advisory Board Susan E. Bell
Rom Harré
Jerome S. Bruner
David Herman
Jennifer Coates
Janet Holmes
Bowdoin College New York University Roehampton University
Michele L. Crossley
Edge-Hill University College
Carol Gilligan
New York University
Linacre College, Oxford Nort Carolina State University
Allyssa McCabe
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Eric E. Peterson
University of Maine
Victoria University of Wellington
Catherine Kohler Riessman
Charlotte Linde
Deborah Schiffrin
Dan P. McAdams
Margaret Wetherell
Institute for Research Learning Northwestern University
Boston University
Georgetown University Open University
Volume 19 Chinese Language Narration. Culture, cognition, and emotion Edited by Allyssa McCabe and Chien-ju Chang
Chinese Language Narration Culture, cognition, and emotion Edited by
Allyssa McCabe University of Massachusetts Lowell
Chien-ju Chang National Taiwan Normal University
John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam / Philadelphia
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Table of contents List of contributors Introduction Allyssa McCabe and Chien-ju Chang Narrative self-making during dinnertime conversations in Chinese immigrant families Jessie Bee Kim Koh and Qi Wang Evaluation in Mandarin Chinese children’s personal narratives