Retelling of fables
One of the signers is presented to a fable and asked to retell it to the other signer. Commonly used fables are those by the Brothers Grimm or Aesop, e.g. The tortoise and the hare
(Perry 226), The shepherd's boy and the wolf
/The boy who cried wolf
(Perry 210), The lion and the mouse
(Perry 150), The two friends and the bear
(Perry 65), The dog and his reflection
(Perry 133).
Stimulus | Fables |
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Target | Data for cross-linguistic research |
Degree of Interaction | Low (monologue) |
Duration | 1–2 min |
Source | Available at https://aesopfables.com/ |
Task uses in corpora
This entry was last modified on 8 April 2022.