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Magnusson, Maria; Pramling, Niklas – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
In this empirical study, the appropriation of a symbolic skill by a five-year old child is analysed. His evolving production and understanding are investigated through his sign-making and his explanations of these when speaking with a researcher. The child is studied in his home. A contrasting case of another child of the same age also making…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Semiotics, Symbolic Language, Communication Skills
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O'Donnell, Tony; Bruce, Carolyn; Black, Maria; Clayton, Amanda – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2010
Background: Since his stroke 15 years ago, Tony O'Donnell has worked with BLISS, a symbolic, graphical language. BLISS has been used with a variety of clinical populations, including people with severe aphasia. O'Donnell found his adapted version of BLISS was meaningful to him when spoken and written English was not. The present study is part of a…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Symbolic Language, Validity, Undergraduate Students