Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Form-function Relations in Narrative Development; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Purpose of the study; The organization of the book; Chapter 2. Theoretical framework; Previous research on narrative and writing development; Narrative development; Form and function development; Packaging; Development of form-function relations: assumptions and predictions; Narrative ability and development; The preverbal message and the event view; Horizontal and vertical narrative axis.
  • Developmental pathGenre competence and narrative structure; Genre competence; A narrative structure model; Episodes, events, scenes and character activity; Categorization of narrative patterns in a continuum; Writing models; Systemic functional linguistics and written language patterns; Register theory and context; The ideational level; Noun phrases; Lexical density and grammatical intricacy; Logical relations and clauses; The appraisal system; Textual level; Lexical relations; Lexical and grammatical metaphors; From congruent to incongruent language use; Narrative writing and identity.
  • TerminologyConclusion; Chapter 3. The present study; The texts; Anna; Ethical principles; Reading position and text analysis; Translation from Swedish into English; Conclusion; Chapter 4. Pictorial texts; Narrative structure, ideational level and appraisal; Simple event description; Narrative structure; Ideational level and appraisal; The drawings; Frame story; Narrative structure; Ideational level and appraisal; Expanded event description; Narrative structure; Drawings; Ideational level and appraisal; Form and function; Syntactic structure; Quantitative findings; Qualitative findings.
  • Information flowPackaging; Noun phrases; Relative clauses; Prepositional phrases; Verbs; Temporality; Tense; Temporal anchorage; Conclusion and comparison; Chapter 5. Exploration and mimicry; Narrative structure, ideational level and appraisal; Expanded story; Narrative structure; Ideational level and Appraisal; Chronological stories; A recount; A chapter book; Narrative hybrid 1; Complex stories 1; Narrative hybrid 2; A horror story; Narrative hybrid 3; Short prose with dialogue; Narrative structure; Ideational level and appraisal; Form and function; Syntactic construction.
  • Quantitative findingsQualitative findings; Information flow; Packaging; Syntactic packaging; Noun phrases; Relative clauses; Shortened clauses and omissions of subjects and verbs; Coordination of noun and verb phrases; Prepositional phrases; Verbs; Introductory it; Temporality and part-whole relations; Tense; Temporal anchorage; Conclusion and comparison; Chapter 6. Enacting social relations; Narrative structure, ideational level and appraisal; Expanded short prose with dialogue; Narrative structure and the construction of scenes; Ideational level and appraisal.