Application of the Self-Generation Effect to the Learning of Blissymbols by Persons Presenting with a Severe Aphasia

Rajaram, Priya; Alant, Erna; Dada, Shakila

doi:10.3109/07434618.2011.653603

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“…Or imagine that, because of severe autism, you can express yourself with little else than temper tantrums. Some evidence suggests that in such cases pictorial "languages" like Picture Exchange Communication System and Blissymbolics can help bypass the deficits and perhaps even ameliorate them a little (Koul et al, 2005;Rajaram et al, 2012;Gilroy et al, 2017;Brignell et al, 2018;Sevcik et al, 2018;Almurashi et al, 2022; see also Cherry et al, 2008;Ally et al, 2009;Embree et al, 2012;but cf. Meza et al, 2022).…”

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Icono: a universal language that shows what it says

Krämer

2023

Front. Psychol.

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This article lays out the foundation of a new language for easier written communication that is inherently reader-friendly and inherently international. Words usually consist of strings of sounds or squiggles whose meanings are merely a convention. In Icono, instead, they typically are strings of icons that illustrate what they stand for. “Train,” for example, is expressed with the icon of a train, “future” with the icon of a clock surrounded by a clockwise arrow, and “mammal” with the icons of a cow and a mouse—their combination’s meaning given by what they have in common. Moreover, Icono reveals sentence structure graphically before, rather than linguistically after, one begins reading. On smartphones and computers, writing icons can now be faster than writing alphabetic words. And using simple pictures as words helps those who struggle with conditions like dyslexia, aphasia, cerebral palsy, and autism with speech impairment. Because learning its pronunciation or phonetic spelling is optional rather than a prerequisite, and because it shows what it says, Icono is bound to be easier to learn to read—and then easier to read—than any other language, including our own.

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