I need help finding literature on Pragmatics !!!

[Dan I. SLOBIN]

The frog story is not an urban legend.  You can begin with Berman & Slobin
(1994), follow that with the dozens of studies cited there, and contact
the large group of frog-story researchers listed in the Appendix for more
current work.  It's all in:
	Berman, R. A.l, & Slobin, D. I. (1994).  _Relating events in
	narrative: A crosslinguistic developmental study_.  Lawrence
	Erlbaum Associates.
Also, if you access CHILDES, you'll find a "frog" directory with texts of
frog stories gathered from children and adults in a range of languages.

Good luck in hunting for the frog!
Dan Slobin
Dept of Psychology
University of California, Berkeley

On Fri, 1 Jan 1904, Harper Bailey wrote:

> Hello.  My name is Harper Bailey and I am a predoc at CUNY department of
> Developmental Psychology.  I am trying to find some information about
> pragmatics.
>
> 1) Are there any reports on developmental norms and pragmatic speech?
>
> 2) Could someone suggest a good receptive test of inference ability for a
>    younger population (5-8)?
>
> 3) I have been told about a narrative assessment test that includes the
>     retelling of a "Frog Story".  I am interested in using this measure but
>     cannot find it.  I am beginning to think that this frog story is a
>     research urban legend.  Does anyone out there know where I might find
>     this elusive book?
>
> Thank you so much for reviewing my questions.  I would greatly appreciate
> any feedback that anyone could give me.
>
> --Harper Bailey
>
>