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Peer reviewedFinke, Jack Anson – Journal of Educational Communication, 1979
Bliss Symbols form a language system of 100 basic symbols based not on the sound of words but on their meaning. Physically handicapped persons of a wide age and intellectual range are benefiting from the system. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Programs, Language Universals, Physical Disabilities
Peer reviewedHerold, Arthur L. – Language Learning, 1983
Presents a rationale for undertaking the study of language. Views this study as a psychological investigation into how the self forms an identity of itself through its language, rather than how it is formed by its language. Thus, the structure of language is seen as a representational system, allowing a multiplicity of meanings. (SL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Universals


