Originally published in 1983, the topic here although specialized, has importance within several disciplines. Contributions came from the fields of education and medicine as well as psychology and linguistics. In bringing these researchers together it gave the work in this area a broader and sounder theoretical basis.
Originally published in 1983, the papers in this volume were first presented at an international symposium “The Development of Language and Communication in the Blind Child” held in 1981 in Germany. The topic although specialized, had importance within several disciplines. Contributions came from the fields of education and medicine as well as psychology and linguistics. In bringing these researchers together the aim was not only to pool results but to encourage inter-disciplinary cooperation, thus giving work in this area a broader and sounder theoretical basis.
Today it can be read in its historical context.
Tables and Figures. Preface. Notes on Contributors.
1. Precursors of
Early Language Development in Children Blind from Birth Edna Adelson
2.
Precursors and the Study of the Impaired Language Learner Henning Wode
3.
Abnormalities in the Verbal Communication of Visually-Impaired Children
Walter Elstner
4. Speech Therapy for the Blind Chris Schaner-Wolles
5.
Acquisition of Speech Sounds in the Visually-Handicapped Child Anne E. Mills
6. The Visual and Auditory Modalities in Phonological Acquisition Barbara
Dodd
7. Blind Childrens Language is Not Meaningless Barbara Landau
8.
Meaning in Language Acquisition Paul Werth
9. Referential Development in
Blind Children Randa Mulford
10. Effectance Motivation and the Development of
Communicative Competence in Blind and Sighted Children Harry McGurk
11.
Patterns of Interaction between Three Blind Infants and Their Mothers Charity
Rowland
12. Cognition, Interaction, and Development, with Special Reference
to the Education of the Handicapped Child Ton van der Geest
13. Dialogue and
Cognitive Functioning in the Early Language Development of Three Blind
Children Cathy Urwin
14. The Investigation of Vision in Language Development
Michael Garman
15. Language and Active Touch: Some Aspects of Reading and
Writing by Blind Children Susanne Millar
16. The Implication of Research
Findings on Blind Children for Semantic Theories and for Intervention
Programmes Richard F. Cromer. References. Author Index. Subject Index.
Anne E. Mills (now Baker) is professor extraordinary in the Linguistics Department of Stellenbosch University and emerita professor from the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her specializations are the linguistics of sign languages, and language acquisition and pathology. She, currently supervises Masters and PhD theses in sign linguistics and does research into South African Sign Language.
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