Essays about: "blissymbol"

Found 1 essay containing the word blissymbol.

  1. 1. The Iconicity and Learnability of Blissymbols : A Study of the Interpretations of Blissymbols by Kenyan Children with diverse Language Backgrounds

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för klinisk och experimentell medicin; Linköpings universitet/Hälsouniversitetet

    Author : Simona Krstic; Elin Littorin; [2014]
    Keywords : Bliss; AAC; non-western culture; Kenya; children; semiotics; iconicity; learnability; transparency; translucency;

    Abstract : There have been few studies conducted on how children from other than Western populations perceive and learn different graphic symbol sets or systems, especially on how children from poverty contexts learn graphic alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) symbols. Multicultural research is necessary in order to advance and to ensure the quality of the service of AAC for culturally and linguistically diverse AAC users. READ MORE