Toward a sociolinguistic perspective on augmentative and alternative communication

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 200-211

  Woll, Bencie ^a   Barnett, Sarah ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Multilingualism; Multilinguality; Social contexts; Sociolinguistics

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC); MULTILINGUALISM; SOCIOLINGUISTICS;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 0032298623     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619812331278376     Document Type: Review

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