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| Aphasia | 1 |
| Communication (Thought… | 1 |
| Language | 1 |
| Linguistic Competence | 1 |
| Speech Handicaps | 1 |
| Visual Stimuli | 1 |
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| Cognition | 1 |
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| Hughes, Jennifer | 1 |
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Peer reviewedHughes, Jennifer – Cognition, 1974
Aphasic children were taught to communicate via a system of visual symbols devised by Premack (1969) for use with chimpanzees. Subjects readily learned to express several language functions in this way. "Premackese" is seen better viewed as a communication system. It may be that Aphasic children lack some specifically linguistic ability.…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language, Linguistic Competence
