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Labov, W. and Waletsky, J. (1967) Narrative Analysis: Oral Versions of Personal Experience. In: Helm, J., Ed., Essays on the Verbal and the Visual Arts, University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 3-38.

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• TITLE: Personal Narrative Skills of Greek Children of Typical Development in the Age of 10 Years

  AUTHORS: Ioannis Vogindroukas, Rafaela Miliatzidou, Lamprini Tsouti

  KEYWORDS: Personal Narrative, School-Age, Linguistic Competency, Sex, Past Event Discussion, Microstructure, Macrostructure, Evaluation

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.7 No.10, October 29, 2020

  ABSTRACT: The personal narrative constitutes a revival of past events and a preparation procedure of upcoming ones, developing a person’s self-concept. The purpose of the current research was to study Greek children’s personal narratives. Participants of the survey were 20 ten-year-old children, including 10 boys and 10 girls of typical development, where each one of them was asked to narrate 6 of their life events. The goal of data collection and analysis was to study the microstructure and macrostructure, as well as evaluate the potential results and investigate the impact of gender on them. The outcome numbers describe the children’s performances in scales being used. Important findings of the research were the absence of differences between the two genders. All in all, the results reveal a tendency of that age children’s personal narrative characteristics.