This study evaluated structures and patterns of the narrative performance from 10 native Haitian ... more This study evaluated structures and patterns of the narrative performance from 10 native Haitian adults (5 women and 5 men). Haitian Creole narratives were (a) analyzed and coded for nine West African features (repetition, parallelism, detailing, tonality, ideophone, digression, imagery, allusion, and symbolism) and (b) analyzed for nonverbal behaviors associated with speech using five gesticulation characteristics (hand, arm, feet, head movements, and facial expressions). Results suggested that Haitian Creole narratives most frequently utilized three patterns of West African storytelling features: tonality, repetition, and detailing.
Oral narratives are increasingly used in speech and language evaluations for measuring language s... more Oral narratives are increasingly used in speech and language evaluations for measuring language skills, and to measure children's organizational skill within a broader communicative context. Because of this, oral-narrative analyses are applied to diverse age ranges and populations. However, there are few studies examining the production of narratives of child speakers of African American English (AAE), and these previous studies offer conflicting views on the nature of narratives in this population. Because of this, the purpose of this study was to investigate the production of narratives of AAE speaking children using elicitation procedures that were standard across participants. Fifteen partici-pants were selected from a predominantly African American low-income com-munity of Springfield, Massachusetts. Highpoint and story-grammar analyses-two analyses that are often applied narratives in previous studies- were applied to the samples gathered from these participants. The resul...
makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contai... more makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in the publications on our platform. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any
The ability to tell personal narrative is an important aspect of developing communicative compete... more The ability to tell personal narrative is an important aspect of developing communicative competence, as well as predictive of literacy achievement. Although cultural differences in narrative structure have been amply documented, little or no such information exists for many cultures, including Haitian. Personal narratives were collected from 10 Haitian-American children (7 years, 6 months) and analyzed using three different systems: high point analysis, story grammar, and Africanist analysis, which was specifically developed for this project. Although some narratives could be appreciated using high point and story grammar analyses, the Africanist approach was best suited to describing the narratives of Haitian-American children.
A research study of African-American preschool and kindergarten children in urban settings was co... more A research study of African-American preschool and kindergarten children in urban settings was conducted to generate insights about narrative development. This article discusses the use of two different narrative styles, narratives as text and narratives as performance, and the tension that often exists between these two perspectives. The production of a well-formed narrative text may not necessarily be accompanied by
This article investigates the oral personal narration of 16 African American children, 8 males an... more This article investigates the oral personal narration of 16 African American children, 8 males and 8 females. Half of the 16 children were from a low socioeconomic status (SES) and half from a middle SES background. Narratives were analyzed using dependency analysis and yielded the following measures: fully implicit propositions, partially implicit propositions, explicit propositions, repeated propositions, internal corrections, and false starts, the highest level of proposition, and reported speech. There was a main effect of gender and SES on ...
The purpose of the research reported in this article was to examine narrative structures among Af... more The purpose of the research reported in this article was to examine narrative structures among African American children. Narratives were elicited from 15 African American children between the ages of six to ten years from a predominantly African American community in the Northeastern United States. Narratives were analyzed using Highpoint analysis and an alternate set analyses such as Thematic analysis,
... The term African American English emerged during the early 1980s. The following bibliography ... more ... The term African American English emerged during the early 1980s. The following bibliography includes some of the available research on Afri canized English since 1985. ... Linguistics and Education, 7, 129150. Gill, T., NelsonGill, L. (1994). Dialect and reading revisited. ...
The Expressive Vocabulary Test (EVT) has recently been found culturally fair for an economically ... more The Expressive Vocabulary Test (EVT) has recently been found culturally fair for an economically mixed sample of African American children, and others have argued that it is fairer for such participants than the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test— III (PPVT-III). In this study, the authors sought to replicate these findings with an exclusively low-income group in the southeastern United States and to analyze errors. An African American graduate student administered the EVT and the PPVT-III to 53 African American children ages 5 years 4 months to 12 years 3 months (kindergarten through fourth grade) receiving free lunch. Contrary to prior research, children performed significantly below the norm on both the EVT and the PPVT-III. Neither test seemed easier. An item analysis of 785 errors revealed that approximately 75% were strong associates of target words and/or accurate descriptions of EVT pictures. African American children from low-income backgrounds appear to interpret EVT instruct...
... the narrative structures found appear to have links to African and African American narrative... more ... the narrative structures found appear to have links to African and African American narrative structures, whereas other structures are similar to European American narrative structures ... The preservation of African characteristics was found in African American religion, music ...
ABSTRACT This issue of Linguistics and Education is devoted to the study and discussion of Africa... more ABSTRACT This issue of Linguistics and Education is devoted to the study and discussion of Africanized English and education. The article, "The Law, Linguistics, and Education: Educational Reform for African American Language Minority Students," suggest that linguists need to play a more active role in the education process of children who speak Africanized English. The article, "Dialect Readers Revisited," reopens questions about the relations of language diversity and the nature of the instructional materials that beginning readers are given to read in school. "Talking That Talk" highlights teacher-student interaction. In this article, the author calls for attention on the sociocultural and sociopolitical nature of learning rather than studying linguistic features alone. At the end of this volume, a select bibliography is provided of articles and studies of Africanized English published in last 10 years. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
This study evaluated structures and patterns of the narrative performance from 10 native Haitian ... more This study evaluated structures and patterns of the narrative performance from 10 native Haitian adults (5 women and 5 men). Haitian Creole narratives were (a) analyzed and coded for nine West African features (repetition, parallelism, detailing, tonality, ideophone, digression, imagery, allusion, and symbolism) and (b) analyzed for nonverbal behaviors associated with speech using five gesticulation characteristics (hand, arm, feet, head movements, and facial expressions). Results suggested that Haitian Creole narratives most frequently utilized three patterns of West African storytelling features: tonality, repetition, and detailing.
Oral narratives are increasingly used in speech and language evaluations for measuring language s... more Oral narratives are increasingly used in speech and language evaluations for measuring language skills, and to measure children's organizational skill within a broader communicative context. Because of this, oral-narrative analyses are applied to diverse age ranges and populations. However, there are few studies examining the production of narratives of child speakers of African American English (AAE), and these previous studies offer conflicting views on the nature of narratives in this population. Because of this, the purpose of this study was to investigate the production of narratives of AAE speaking children using elicitation procedures that were standard across participants. Fifteen partici-pants were selected from a predominantly African American low-income com-munity of Springfield, Massachusetts. Highpoint and story-grammar analyses-two analyses that are often applied narratives in previous studies- were applied to the samples gathered from these participants. The resul...
makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contai... more makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in the publications on our platform. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any
The ability to tell personal narrative is an important aspect of developing communicative compete... more The ability to tell personal narrative is an important aspect of developing communicative competence, as well as predictive of literacy achievement. Although cultural differences in narrative structure have been amply documented, little or no such information exists for many cultures, including Haitian. Personal narratives were collected from 10 Haitian-American children (7 years, 6 months) and analyzed using three different systems: high point analysis, story grammar, and Africanist analysis, which was specifically developed for this project. Although some narratives could be appreciated using high point and story grammar analyses, the Africanist approach was best suited to describing the narratives of Haitian-American children.
A research study of African-American preschool and kindergarten children in urban settings was co... more A research study of African-American preschool and kindergarten children in urban settings was conducted to generate insights about narrative development. This article discusses the use of two different narrative styles, narratives as text and narratives as performance, and the tension that often exists between these two perspectives. The production of a well-formed narrative text may not necessarily be accompanied by
This article investigates the oral personal narration of 16 African American children, 8 males an... more This article investigates the oral personal narration of 16 African American children, 8 males and 8 females. Half of the 16 children were from a low socioeconomic status (SES) and half from a middle SES background. Narratives were analyzed using dependency analysis and yielded the following measures: fully implicit propositions, partially implicit propositions, explicit propositions, repeated propositions, internal corrections, and false starts, the highest level of proposition, and reported speech. There was a main effect of gender and SES on ...
The purpose of the research reported in this article was to examine narrative structures among Af... more The purpose of the research reported in this article was to examine narrative structures among African American children. Narratives were elicited from 15 African American children between the ages of six to ten years from a predominantly African American community in the Northeastern United States. Narratives were analyzed using Highpoint analysis and an alternate set analyses such as Thematic analysis,
... The term African American English emerged during the early 1980s. The following bibliography ... more ... The term African American English emerged during the early 1980s. The following bibliography includes some of the available research on Afri canized English since 1985. ... Linguistics and Education, 7, 129150. Gill, T., NelsonGill, L. (1994). Dialect and reading revisited. ...
The Expressive Vocabulary Test (EVT) has recently been found culturally fair for an economically ... more The Expressive Vocabulary Test (EVT) has recently been found culturally fair for an economically mixed sample of African American children, and others have argued that it is fairer for such participants than the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test— III (PPVT-III). In this study, the authors sought to replicate these findings with an exclusively low-income group in the southeastern United States and to analyze errors. An African American graduate student administered the EVT and the PPVT-III to 53 African American children ages 5 years 4 months to 12 years 3 months (kindergarten through fourth grade) receiving free lunch. Contrary to prior research, children performed significantly below the norm on both the EVT and the PPVT-III. Neither test seemed easier. An item analysis of 785 errors revealed that approximately 75% were strong associates of target words and/or accurate descriptions of EVT pictures. African American children from low-income backgrounds appear to interpret EVT instruct...
... the narrative structures found appear to have links to African and African American narrative... more ... the narrative structures found appear to have links to African and African American narrative structures, whereas other structures are similar to European American narrative structures ... The preservation of African characteristics was found in African American religion, music ...
ABSTRACT This issue of Linguistics and Education is devoted to the study and discussion of Africa... more ABSTRACT This issue of Linguistics and Education is devoted to the study and discussion of Africanized English and education. The article, "The Law, Linguistics, and Education: Educational Reform for African American Language Minority Students," suggest that linguists need to play a more active role in the education process of children who speak Africanized English. The article, "Dialect Readers Revisited," reopens questions about the relations of language diversity and the nature of the instructional materials that beginning readers are given to read in school. "Talking That Talk" highlights teacher-student interaction. In this article, the author calls for attention on the sociocultural and sociopolitical nature of learning rather than studying linguistic features alone. At the end of this volume, a select bibliography is provided of articles and studies of Africanized English published in last 10 years. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
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