Expressive pragmatic skills in pre-school children with and without Down's syndrome : parental perceptions
By: Johnston, F et al.
Series: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 41 (1) February 1997: 19.Publisher: 1997Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): DOWN SYNDROME | COMMUNICATION SKILLSSummary: Parental perceptions of the pragmatic skills of six children with Down's syndrome were copmpared to those of six children without cognitive impairment...The results shows that the children with and without Down's syndrome had many similarities in reported behaviours and responses. In addition, five out of the six children with Down's syndrome had some skills which were more advanced than their matched pairs. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed" (Pragmatics is the study of the relationship between language and context. This study looks such things as ability to express communicative intention and readiness of response.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Parental perceptions of the pragmatic skills of six children with Down's syndrome were copmpared to those of six children without cognitive impairment...The results shows that the children with and without Down's syndrome had many similarities in reported behaviours and responses. In addition, five out of the six children with Down's syndrome had some skills which were more advanced than their matched pairs. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed" (Pragmatics is the study of the relationship between language and context. This study looks such things as ability to express communicative intention and readiness of response.
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