Chapter 1 Introduction to Narratives 1.1 Definition 1.2 Types of Narratives 1.3 The Importance of Narrative Ability to Children's Development 1.4 Narrative Ability's Assessment Chapter 2 Typically Developing Children's Narratives Chapter 3 SLI Children's Narratives 3.1 Definition, Diagnosis and Identification of SLI Children 3.2 Language Features of SLI Children and Adolescents 3.3 SLI Children's Language Injury Mechanism 3.4 Expectation on Language Research on Chinese SLI Children Chapter 4 Preferred Argument Structure Chapter 5 Cohesion and Coherence in the Frog Story Chapter 6 Chinese Children's Narrative Ability 6.1 The Use of PAS in Narratives by Chinese Children 6.2 Story Grammar Analysis in Narratives by Chinese Children Chapter 7 English-speaking SLI Adolescents' Narrative Ability 7.1 The Use of PAS in Narratives by SLI Adolescents 7.2 Story Grammar Analysis in Narratives by SLI Adolescents 7.3 Microlinguistic Features by SLI Adolescents Chapter 8 Conclusion References Appendixes Index