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A case study investigating two children's interpretation of linguistic signs through drawing
Author
Koh, Alvin Ming Chuen
Supervisor
Matthews, John
Abstract
This paper presents a case study, investigating two children's interpretation of simple ditransitive sentences through drawing. The two children, Ruby and Edwin, were respectively 12 and 8 years old during this case study. The qualitative nature of this case study is a new and unexplored field which investigates how linguistic signs in the form of simple ditransitive sentences are reinterpreted through visual signs in the form of drawing. While many research papers focus on one type of sign, this paper sets out to investigate the interaction between linguistic and visual signs, exploring issues such as the order of the constituents of the sentences "drawn", the concept of tense in their drawings and interpersonal meaning of the drawings.
This paper hypothesis that when translating the linguistic signs into visual signs, the two children did not process the constituents of the sentences in a linear order from left to right and that the younger child, Ruby, may not be aware of the concept of tense in most of her drawings. On the other hand, Edwin seems to be able to distinguish between the past tense and "future" tense in some of his drawings.
This paper hypothesis that when translating the linguistic signs into visual signs, the two children did not process the constituents of the sentences in a linear order from left to right and that the younger child, Ruby, may not be aware of the concept of tense in most of her drawings. On the other hand, Edwin seems to be able to distinguish between the past tense and "future" tense in some of his drawings.
Date Issued
2002
Call Number
BF723.D7 Koh
Date Submitted
2002