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An Initial Investigation of Translucency, Transparency, and Component Complexity of Blissymbolics.

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

Profiling Communication and Symbolic Abilities in Young Children.

Wetherby, Amy M.; Prizant, Barry M. – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1993

This article discusses strategies for sampling communication and symbolic abilities in young children who are not yet talking or who are at early language stages, placing emphasis on caregiver involvement. The paper points out that profiling a young child's communication and symbolic abilities can contribute to the early identification of language…

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Early Identification, Evaluation Methods, Handicap Identification