Abstract
Abstract This study examined the communicative intentions encoded by a group of normally developing preschool children and a group of Down's syndrome children matched for cognitive level and general linguistic abilities. The results revealed no significant differences between groups with respect to their use of a variety of intentional communicative behaviours. These findings suggest that young retarded children at a two‐word stage of linguistic development may be as flexible and diverse in their use of language during social interactions as are nonretarded children.
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PsychologyDevelopmental psychologyLanguage developmentCognitionTypically developingVariety (cybernetics)Communication disorderDown syndromeLanguage disorderAutism
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- 98-106
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Truman E. Coggins,
Robert L. Carpenter,
Nathaniel O. Owings
(1983).
Examining Early Intentional Communication in Down's Syndrome and Nonretarded Children.
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
, 18
(2)
, 98-106.
https://doi.org/10.3109/13682828309019827
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