ABSTRACT
Contributor Languages \ Ages N Aarssen, Jeroen &
Bos, Petra I Dutch, Arabic, Turk j I ish, and bilingual
410 ; 175
AksuKoç, Ayhan Turkish 3, 5, 9, 20 40 Bamberg, Michael German 3, 5, 9, 20 43
Berman, Ruth Hebrew 3,4,5,7,9,11,20 91 Cipriani, Paola Italian 6, 8,9 59
Hemphill, Lowry English 6, 7, 8 30 LopezOrnat, Susana Spanish unknown 50 Marchman, Virginia English 3, 4, 5, 9, 20 59 Orsolini, Margherita Italian
Pearson, Barbara Spanish, English various various Sebastian, Eugenia Spanish 3, 4, 5, 9, 20 59
Slobin, Dan I. Russian various 41 Strömqvist, Sven · Swedish 15 30
Storie
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The addresses of the contributors of Frog Story data are:
Jeroen Aarssen Tilburg University - B A B Y L O N , Center for Studies on Multilingualism in the Multicultural Society P.O. Box 90153 5000 L E Tilburg The Netherlands J.Aarssen@kub.nl
Aksu-Koç, Ayhan Department of Psychology Bogaziçi University 80815 Bebek Istanbul, Turkey koc@boun.edu.tr
Bamberg, Michael Department of Psychology Clark University Worcester, M A 01610 mbamberg@vax.clarku.edu
Berman, Ruth Department of Linguistics Tel-Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel rberman@ccsg.tau.ac.il
Petra Bos Tilburg University - B A B Y L O N , Center for Studies on Multilingualism in the Multicultural Society P.O. Box 90153 5000 L E Tilburg The Netherlands P.H.F.Bos@kub.nl
Cipriani, Paola IRCCS "Stella Maris" INPE-Universitá di Pisa Viale del Tirreno, 331 Calambrone (Pisa), Italy
Hemphill, Lowry Harvard Graduate School of Education 703 Larsen Hall
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Cambridge, M A 02125 USA hemphilo@hugsel.harvard.edu
Lopez-Ornat, Susana Departamento de Procesos Cognitivos Facultad de Psicologia Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid 28223 Spain pscog09@sis.ucm.es
Marchman, Virginia School of Human Development P.O. Box 830688 University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, T X 75075-0688 vamarch@utdallas.edu
Orsolini, Margherita Istituto di Pedagogia e Psicologia Via Madonna degli Angeli 30 Chieti 66100 Italy
Pearson, Barbara Zuker Department of English University of Miami Box 248145 Coral Gables, FL 33124 bpearson@miami.edu
Sebastian, Eugenia Departamento de Psicologia Evolutiva Univ. Autonoma de Madrid Cantoblanco Madrid, 34 Spain eugenia.sebastian@uam.es
Slobin, Dan Department of Psychology University of California Berkeley, C A 94720 USA slobin@cogsci.berkeley.edu
Strömqvist, Sven Department of Linguistics University of Göteborg Renstromsparken
Stori
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Göteborg S-41298 Sweden svens@hum.gu.se
The same procedures were followed across different age groups. Each participant was interviewed individually and was given the same instructions (with slight variations for adults, preschool children, and older children). A deliberate effort was made to minimize the burden on memory, and to make children aware in advance that they were being asked to tell a story. To this end, children were first asked to look through the entire booklet, and then to tell the story again, while looking at the pictures. They were explicitly oriented to the booklet as presenting a "story" in the initial instructions: "Here is a book. This book tells a story about a boy [point to picture on cover], a dog [point], and a frog [point]. First, I want you to look at all the pictures. Pay attention to each picture that you see and afterwards you will tell the story."
