ABSTRACT
In their cross-linguistic study on the development of form-function relations in narrative, Berman and Slobin (1994) concluded that narrative abilities are influenced by three inter-related factors: cognitive command of a narrative schema, the interaction of linguistic forms and narrative functions, and target-language typology. Specifically, the set of “rhetorical options” available in any given language guides speakers to particular ways of organizing the flow of information in discourse.
