Funciones comunicativas del lenguaje de niños ciegos y videntes
ISSN: 0210-3702, 1578-4126
Year of publication: 1996
Issue: 74
Pages: 139-157
Type: Article
More publications in: Journal for the Study of Education and Development, Infancia y Aprendizaje
Abstract
Results are reported from a longitudinal study on the pragmatic functions of the language used by twin sisters born prematurely: one blind, the other sighted, from the age of 2;5 to 5;3 years. At the beginning of the study, the blind girl used language in reference to her own actions and employed more routines, calls, and repetitions than the sighted child, whose language use tended to be closely linked with the external reality and social exchanges. These differences had disappeared by the end of the study.