Scratching below the surface structure

Exploring the usefulness of story grammars∗

Bibliographic Data

ID11273205
AuthorsPhyllis A Weaver (Harvard University Press, corresponding author), David K Dickinson (0000-0002-1162-9504, Harvard University Press)
Year1982
Volume5
Issue3-4
Pages225-243
Publication date1982-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Processes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01638538209544544
OpenAlexW1983732404
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited26

Several cognitive psychologists have proposed that people use story schemata to guide comprehension and recall. Using Stein and Glenn's (1979) story grammar, the story recall abilities of severely disabled readers were tested. With the stories and procedures developed by Stein and Glenn, there were few differences between normal and disabled reader groups in the recall of story grammar units. A second scoring scheme was devised to explore other sources of skill difference in the story recall of normal and disabled readers. This system revealed highly significant differences between the groups in the ability to recall fine details, in the use of connective words that signal temporal and causal relationships, and in the type of text‐based inferences made. The results are discussed in light of the need for considering multiple processing levels and as indicating that story grammars may be of limited diagnostic utility

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Comprehension · Grammar · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Recall · Rule-based machine translation · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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