Open AccessThe Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN): Adding Mandarin to MAIN
Author(s) -
Jianxun Luo,
Wenchun Yang,
Angel Chan,
K. Cheng,
Rachel Kan,
Natalia Gagarina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
zas papers in linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1435-9588
DOI - 10.21248/zaspil.64.2020.569
Subject(s) - mandarin chinese , narrative , litmus , computer science , adaptation (eye) , linguistics , globe , process (computing) , natural language processing , psychology , programming language , philosophy , chemistry , neuroscience
This paper introduces the Mandarin version of the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (LITMUS-MAIN) and describes the adaptation process. The Mandarin MAIN not only extends the empirical coverage of MAIN by including one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, but also offers an important tool to assess the narrative abilities of monolingual and bi-/ multi- lingual children acquiring Mandarin as a first, heritage, second, or additional language across the globe.