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Examining Early Intentional Communication in Down's Syndrome and Nonretarded Children
Author(s) -
COGGINS TRUMAN E.,
CARPENTER ROBERT L.,
OWINGS NATHANIEL O.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682828309019827
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , language development , cognition , typically developing , variety (cybernetics) , communication disorder , down syndrome , language disorder , autism , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , psychiatry , computer science
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.