Nomenclature of category levels in graphic symbols, part I: Is a flower a flower a flower?

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-13

  Schlosser, Ralf W ^a  

^a HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Concept formation; Graphic symbols; Language acquisition; Language development

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; SPEECH;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC); BLISSYMBOLICS; PICTURE COMMUNICATION SYMBOLS (PCS); VISUOGRAPHIC MODALITY;

VISION;

EID: 0031097205     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619712331277798     Document Type: Article

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