Kompetencje słowotwórcze osób z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną w stopniu umiarkowanym (na przykładzie osób dorosłych)
Derivational competence in people with moderate intellectual disabiliies: A case study of young adults

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the derivational competencies in young adults with moderate intellectual disabilities (ID). The linguistic material for the study consisted of statements from 10 individuals aged 18-24. The ability to create derivati ves and to recognize word-formati on structure was evaluated across five categories of derivatives: two modification categories (feminatives derived from masculine names, diminuti ves) and three mutati on categories (agenti ve names, instrument names, and place names). The responses of the parti cipants were analysed in terms of the following criteria: whether the answer was consistent / inconsistent with the presented paƩ ern; whether the created derivati ve was a potenti al formati on / occasionalism / neologism, or was based on the associati ons of the respondent; whether the derivati ve / paraphrase were replaced by a descripti on or a defi niti on in the respondent’s answer; whether the response included a full or parti al repetiti on of the instructi on. In terms of creati ng derivati ves, parti cipants scored about 60% of correct responses. As for paraphrasing derivati ves, parti cipants had no trouble identi fying the word-formati on base, but were unable to specify the meaning of the affi In cases of incorrect responses, individuals with ID mainly referred to their associations and provided synonymous terms.

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