ref on blind children's lang dev

[Ann Dowker]

Here are a few:

Norgate, S., Collis, G. and Lewis, V. (1998). The developmental role
of rhymes and routines for congenitally blind children. Cahiers de
Psychologie Cognitive/ Current Psychology of Cognition, 17, 441-457

Perez-Pereira, M. (1994). Imitations, repetitions, routines and the
child's analysis of language: insights from the blind. Journal of
Child Language, 21, 317-337

Perez-Pereira, M. (1999). Deixis, reference and the use of personal
pronouns by blind children. Journal of Child Language, 26, 655-680

Perez-Pereira, M. and Castro, J. (1997). Language acquisition and the
compensation of visual deficit: new data on a controversial topic.
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 13, 439-459

Perfect, M.P. (2001). Examining communicative behaviours in a 3-year-old
boy who is blind. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 6,
353-365

I hope these are useful,

Ann

In message <a06010203bc563f254557@[130.234.79.194]> Asa Nordqvist <asanord at ling.gu.se> writes:
> Dear colleagues,
> I am searching for references on blind children's early language and
> conceptual development, can anyone help me?
> Thanks on beforehand
> Asa N
>
> --
> ===============================================
> Asa Nordqvist, PhD
> Department of Languages / Finnish
> P.O. Box 35 (F)
> FIN-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
>
>     tel. +358-14-260-1438
>     fax: +358-14-260-1431
>     e-mail: snordqv at cc.jyu.fi, asanord at ling.gu.se
>    URL: http://www.ling.gu.se/~asanord/
>
>
> Also affiliated at:
> Dept of Linguistics, Goteborg University
> Box 200
> SE-405 30  Goteborg, Sweden
> ===============================================
>
>
>
>
>