Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Speech Communication
First Advisor
Joan McMahon
Term of Graduation
Spring 1989
Date of Publication
5-31-1989
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech Communication: Speech and Hearing Sciences
Department
Speech Communication
Language
English
Subjects
Hearing impaired children -- Language, English language -- Prepositions, Deaf -- Means of communication
DOI
10.15760/etd.5847
Physical Description
1 online resource (3, xiii, 98 pages)
Abstract
Prepositions are not only important in functional syntax; they also relate meanings associated with the concepts of place and time. Furthermore, prepositions are critical in such everyday activities as producing and comprehending directions, using maps and diagrams, and in the fields of mathematics and music. Inefficient use or misuse of prepositional spatial terms may hinder a child's progress in many areas. Expressive acquisition of function words, which include prepositions, has been described as significantly delayed in the hearing impaired populations.
The purpose of this study was to conduct a comparative preposition analysis between hearing impaired children using two different modes of communication. The question this researcher sought to answer was: Do 54 severely-to-profoundly hearing impaired children in this study using total communication differ in the expressive acquisition of 17 locative and directional prepositions from 35 hearing impaired children in a previous study using oral/aural communication?
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/22543
Recommended Citation
Edwards, Cathleen Pew, "A Comparative Analysis of the Expressive Acquisition of Locative and Directional Prepositions Between Severely-to-Profoundly Hearing Impaired Children Utilizing Total Communication and the Oral/Aural Approach" (1989). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3963.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.5847
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