Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007. / Title from title screen (site viewed July 12, 2007). PDF text: viii, 110 p. : ill. UMI publication number: AAT 3252838. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

The purpose of this study was to compare the levels of semantic complexity in children’s oral and written narrative language. This study focused on the narratives produced by students in the fourth grade (N=35) due to the high demand of narrative comprehension and production in the fourth grade curriculum. At the present time, the relevant literature is lacking a combined measure for the development of semantic complexity, with consideration of both vocabulary breadth and depth and performance in both communication modalities (oral and written narratives). I examined whether the oral and written narratives of fourth grade students varied in lexical diversity (number of different words) lexical tiers (number of content words across tiers) and lexical maturity (number of metacognitive verbs). Levels of lexical diversity, and lexical maturity were similar across oral and written narrative tasks. Results showed there was a significant difference between modalities for lexical tiering, wherein more Tier 3 words were in written narratives than in oral narratives. Further analyses revealed children used a greater number of Tier 2 (domain general) words in their oral than in written narratives. These differences in vocabulary used across narrative modalities suggest fourth graders are able to differentiate lexical forms based on the language task, and can incorporate a range of domain general and domain specific vocabulary words within their narrative language production. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Communication Science and Disorders in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Summer Semester 2016. / June 24, 2016. / Literacy, Narrative Language, Oral Language, Semantics / Includes bibliographical references. / Shannon Hall-Mills, Professor Co-Directing Thesis; Carla Wood, Professor Co-Directing Thesis; Hugh Catts, Committee Member; Toby Macrae, Committee Member.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Wolverhampton, 1999. / BLDSC reference no.: DX212110.

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傅昌權. / 稿本複印本. / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學. / Gao ben fu yin ben. / Includes bibliographical references: leaves 138-143. / Fu Changquan. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue.

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