TY - JOUR
T1 - Production and comprehension of graphic symbol utterances expressing complex propositions by adults who use augmentative and alternative communication systems
AU - Sutton, Ann
AU - Morford, Jill P.
AU - Gallagher, Tanya Montaleone
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - We explored production and comprehension of complex sentences constructed using a limited vocabulary on a graphic symbol display with voice output by 25 adults who use augmentative and alternative communication. When asked to construct subject (SS) and object (OS) relative clause sentences, only a minority of participants encoded SS and OS relative clause sentences using different word orders. When asked to interpret graphic symbol utterances, most participants chose an SS interpretation. Thus, the word order used most frequently in production appeared to have a single preferred interpretation. The relationship between the word orders produced in graphic symbol utterances and the way the same word orders are interpreted is not necessarily straightforward.
AB - We explored production and comprehension of complex sentences constructed using a limited vocabulary on a graphic symbol display with voice output by 25 adults who use augmentative and alternative communication. When asked to construct subject (SS) and object (OS) relative clause sentences, only a minority of participants encoded SS and OS relative clause sentences using different word orders. When asked to interpret graphic symbol utterances, most participants chose an SS interpretation. Thus, the word order used most frequently in production appeared to have a single preferred interpretation. The relationship between the word orders produced in graphic symbol utterances and the way the same word orders are interpreted is not necessarily straightforward.
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U2 - 10.1017/S014271640400116X
DO - 10.1017/S014271640400116X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:3142667978
SN - 0142-7164
VL - 25
SP - 349
EP - 371
JO - Applied Psycholinguistics
JF - Applied Psycholinguistics
IS - 3
ER -