Performance of children with typical development when reading and interpreting graphic-symbol sequences

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-105

  Boyer, Catherine ^a   Trudeau, Natacha ^a   Sutton, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Graphic symbols; Symbol sequences; Syntax; Verb forms

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; GRAPHIC SYMBOLS; SYMBOL SEQUENCES; SYNTAX; TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT; VERB FORMS;

SPEECH;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SPEECH;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; READING; SPEECH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84861935010     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2012.679236     Document Type: Article

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