Strategies in Conveying Information about Unshared Events Using Aided Communication

Autor/inn/en	Neuvonen, Kirsi A.; Launonen, Kaisa; Smith, Martine M.; Stadskleiv, Kristine; von Tetzchner, Stephen
Titel	Strategies in Conveying Information about Unshared Events Using Aided Communication
Quelle	In: Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 38 (2022) 1, S.78-94 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Neuvonen, Kirsi A.) ORCID (Smith, Martine M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0265-6590
DOI	10.1177/02656590211050865
Schlagwörter	Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Vocabulary; Language Acquisition; Video Technology; Verbal Communication; Children; Early Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Indo European Languages; English; Finno Ugric Languages; German; Norwegian; Spanish; Swedish; Intelligence Tests; Nonverbal Ability; Communication Strategies; Communication Skills; Canada; Finland; Ireland; Netherlands; Norway; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom; Germany; Raven Progressive Matrices; Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wortschatz; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Indoeuropäisch; English language; Englisch; Deutscher; Norwegisch; Spanisch; Schwedisch; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Kommunikationsstrategie; Kommunikationsstil; Kanada; Finnland; Irland; Niederlande; Norwegen; Spanien; Schweden; Großbritannien; Deutschland
Abstract	Describing events may be challenging for any child, but children who use communication aids may face unique linguistic, pragmatic, and strategic challenges in conveying information with the communication means they have available. This study explores strategies used by young, aided communicators when describing the content of a video unknown to their communication partners. The participants of the study were 48 aided communicators (aged 5;3-15;2) from nine countries and seven language groups and their communication partners (parents, professionals, and peers) who used natural speech. Descriptive and statistical analyses were utilized to investigate the relationships between individual characteristics, linguistic and non-linguistic factors, linguistic strategies, and performance in conveying the content of the video event. Analyses of the 48 videotaped interactions revealed the use of a variety of linguistic elements and multimodal strategies, demonstrating both creativity and challenges. Success in relaying messages was significantly related to age, mode of communication, and individual profiles, such as everyday communication functioning and comprehension of grammar. Measures of receptive vocabulary and non-verbal reasoning were not significantly related to communicative success. The use of shared context and negotiation of meaning of potentially ambiguous utterances demonstrate the shared responsibility of disambiguation and meaning construction in interactions involving aided and naturally speaking communicators. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01