Open AccessThe Duality of Patterning in Language and Its Relationship to Reading in Children With Hearing Loss
Author(s) -
Susan Nittrouer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
perspectives of the asha special interest groups
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2381-473X
DOI - 10.1044/2020_persp-20-00029
Subject(s) - hearing loss , reading (process) , comprehension , linguistics , phonology , psychology , feature (linguistics) , language development , phonological awareness , computer science , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , philosophy
Duality of Patterning has long been recognized as a unique design feature of human language, and refers to the distinct bi-level structure in which words comprise one level (semantic) and word-internal, phonetic elements comprise the other level (phonological). This report describes this design feature and offers a perspective on why and how it should help shape reading interventions for children with hearing loss.