JAK NAJMŁODSI POLACY RADZĄ SOBIE Z DOPEŁNIACZEM LICZBY MNOGIEJ RZECZOWNIKÓW, CZYLI O POTRZEBIE AKTUALIZACJI SŁOWNIKA POPRAWNEJ POLSZCZYZNY
How the Youngest Poles Deal with Plural Genitive, or on the Need to Update the Dictionary of Correct Polish

Summary/Abstract: The article presents results of a research experiment in which kindergarten children (24 people), primary schoolchildren (110 people), younger primary schoolchildren (I-III class) with retarded and underdeveloped speech abilities, especially articulation (30 people) and adult Polish language users as a control group (10 people) were included. The aim of the research was to answer the question, how the youngest Poles cope with Plural Genitive, which has numerous inflectional indicators, multi-functional and irregular endings. A great number of mistakes of all the experiment participants concerned difficulties in the use of such lexemes as: pajac, koc, mysz, korytarz [puppet, blanket, mouse, corridor]. Forms considered as incorrect, according to dictionaries, were predominant, namely: pajacy, kocy, mysz, korytarzy. As the research results show, qualifiers applied in dictionaries with forms of Plural Genitive of certain lexemes need some reflection on the part of linguists and, perhaps, even a change.

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