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Luftig, Richard L.; Bersani, Henry A., Jr. – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1985
College students (N=95) rated 200 blissymbols for their inherent guessability (transparency) and amount of perceived perceived relationship between the symbol (translucency) and the symbol's meaning (gloss). Results indicated that although blissymbols are low in iconicity they are relatively translucent and that translucency is related to…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Nonverbal Communication, Symbolic Learning
Peer reviewedLuftig, Richard L.; Bersani, Henry A., Jr. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1985
Twenty nonhandicapped preschoolers learned either a list of 20 Blissymbols or an identical list of 20 printed words over period of instructional sessions. Blissymbol Ss acquired list significantly faster. Results are discussed in terms of theoretical assumptions made by Blissymbol proponents and the applicability in terms of theoretical…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Preschool Education, Symbolic Learning
