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. 2014 Apr 16;5:325. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00325

Table 2.

Mean (SD) frequency and proportion of utterances for each utterance framing and content type for narrative and non-narrative books.

Generic Specific Label Physical description Story-specific Natural fact
Narr NonN Narr NonN Narr NonN Narr NonN Narr NonN Narr NonN
Frequency 1.68 1.56 8.72a 5.64b 7.84 9.32 0.76a 2.72b 7.52a 1.64b 2.16 2.84
(2.02) (1.33) (5.03) (4.13) (5.01) (3.59) (0.97) (2.81) (4.79) (2.00) (2.12) (1.89)
Proportion: total maternal 0.04 0.05 0.19 0.16 0.18a 0.31b 0.02a 0.07b 0.16a 0.05b 0.05 0.09
(0.06) (0.05) (0.10) (0.13) (0.09) (0.20) (0.02) (0.08) (0.10) (0.06) (0.06) (0.06)

Means with different superscripts for narrative and non-narrative within each category were significantly different at p < 0.0125.