Comparison of the learnability and retention between Blissymbols and CyberGlyphs

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-169

  Alant, Erna ^a   Life, Henriette ^a   Harty, Michal ^a  

^a Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Blissymbolics; CyberGlyphs; Graphic symbol system (GSS); Iconicity; Learnability; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMBOLISM; TRAINING;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SYMBOLISM; TEACHING;

EID: 18844389466     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820400009980     Document Type: Article

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