The role of word order in the interpretation of canonical and non-canonical graphic symbol utterances: A developmental study

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-121

  Trudeau, Natacha ^a   Morford, Jill P ^b   Sutton, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Graphic symbols; Utterances; Word order strategies

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; AUGMENTATIVE-AND-ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DIFFERENT PROCESS; GRAPHIC SYMBOLS; SYMBOL SEQUENCES;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SOFTWARE; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 77952913462     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2010.481563     Document Type: Article

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