We present a working system for large scale quantitative narrative analysis (QNA) of news corpora, which includes various recent ideas from text mining and pattern analysis in order to solve a problem arising in computational social sciences. The task is that of identifying the key actors in a body of news, and the actions they perform, so that further analysis can be carried out. This step is ...

This study is an attempt at a colonial and postcolonial reading of Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim. It is specifically focused on the narrative strategies used in the novel. In other words, it investigates the connection between the narrative strategy and a possible tone of imperialism in Conrad’s novel. For the introduction, a brief review of Conrad’s manner of writing and his peculiar ambiguity is p...

Objectives: The spontaneous language sample analysis is an important part of the language assessment protocol. Language samples give us useful information about how children use language in the natural situations of daily life. The purpose of this study was to compare Conversation, Freeplay, and narrative speech in aspects of Mean Length of Utterance (MLU), Type-token ratio (TTR), and the numbe...

It goes without saying that there are many influential factors affecting the success of any learning experience, and teachers are definitely among the significant factors influencing the process of teaching and learning. In this respect, the present study sought to investigate the prediction of Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' learning approaches through their teachers’ nar...

In many computer games, narrative is a core component, with the game centering on an unfolding, interactive storyline which both motivates and is driven by the game-play. For larger games, however, narrative size and complexity makes analysis difficult, and while formal approaches to assessing game narratives and identifying flaws have been proposed, scalability remains a barrier to practical u...

Objective: The present study was carried out to investigate the effects of group narrative therapy on enhancing self-esteem and self-efficacy of 20 Iranian male orphan adolescents (13-18 years of age). Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to the experimental and control group. Then, a 10-week group therapy was performed. Outcome measures included the Rosenberg selfesteem inventory an...

Use cases are the accepted contemporary vehicle for the capture, collection and management of functional requirements for information systems and networked eand mcommerce environments .While employed widely, use cases lack a critical theoretical foundation. As a result, the applications of use cases vary greatly in practice. We present an analysis of use cases based on the narrative semiotics o...

Explores whether the firm's discretionary narrative disclosures measure its financial risk of bankruptcy. Specifically examines the existence of an association between the content of the chairman's statement and firm failure. Show that these statements are closely associated with financial performance, reinforcing the argument that such unaudited disclosures contain important information. The r...

This study was done to investigate female heads of household’s decision-making process for remarriage and its barriers. Since an important part of these women’s life was not researchable through questionnaires and details of their life would be omitted, it's felt the need to do qualitative work; therefore, it's a qualitative study by narrative analysis strategy in which we used both...