Interpretation of graphic symbol utterances

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 205-214

  Sutton, Ann ^a   Gallagher, Tanya M ^b   Morford, Jill P ^c   Shahnaz, Navid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Grammatical markers; Listener comprehension; Utterances

Indexed keywords

PATIENT REHABILITATION; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOICE ACTIVATED INPUT DEVICES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; GRAMMATICAL MARKERS; LISTENER COMPREHENSION; UTTERANCES;

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS;

EID: 0036710812     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610212331281281     Document Type: Article

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