@article{b140922cece34ba7b1f2cfa8fb234a42,
title = "Roles of Graphic Symbols in the Language Acquisition Process for Persons with Severe Cognitive Disabilities",
abstract = "Symbols play dual roles for nonspeaking persons learning language via instruction. They are the medium by which internal representations of the world are expressed and they provide an inference about how individuals perceive their world. This paper reviews and synthesizes the current empirical literature on symbols and suggests future research directions.",
author = "Sevcik, {Rose A.} and Romski, {Mary Ann} and Wilkinson, {Krista M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Ecklund, S., & Reichle, J. (1987). A comparison of normal children{\textquoteright}s ability to recall symbols from two logographic syLstaenmgus.a ge, The preparation of this manuscript was supported byFuller, D. (1988). Effects of translucency and complexity on the pairedSpeech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 3148-4, 0. National Institutes of Health grant NICHD-06016, whichassociate learning of Blissymbols by cognitive normal children and supports the Language Research Center, cooperativelyadults. (Doctoral dissertation, Purdue Unive1rs9i8ty7,) . Disserta- operated by Georgia State University and the Yerkes tion Abstracts International, 74190, B. Regional Primate Research Center of Emory University.Fuller, D. (1988a). lconicity may not be everything, but it seems to be In addition, the research is supported in part by thesomething: A comment on DePaul and Yoder (1A98u6g)m. enta- College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University five and Alternative Communication1,2 43,-125. and by RR-001 65 awarded to the Yerkes Center. physical configuration by cognitively normal preschool children.Fuller, D. (1988b). The associative learning of Blissymbols varying in This manuscript is based, in part, on an Invited Focal Manuscript in preparation. Point Paper that was presented and discussed at theFuller, D., & Lloyd, L. (1987). A study of physical and semantic Think tank meeting entitled “Augmentative and Alterna- characteristics of a graphic symbol system as predictors of per-tive CommunicationP,”urdue University, West Lafa-ceived complexitAy.u gmentative and Alternative Communication, yette, Indiana, September 22-24, 1989. 3, 26-35. Address reprint requests to:R ose A. Sevcik, Lan-Fuller, D., & Stratton, M. (1991). Representativeness versus transluc- guage Research Center, Department of Psychology, concepts? A position papeAru. gmentative and Alternative Com-ency: Different theoretical backgrounds, but are they really different Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. munication, 75, 1-58.",
year = "1991",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1080/07434619112331275873",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "7",
pages = "161--170",
journal = "Augmentative and Alternative Communication",
issn = "0743-4618",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "3",
}