Pojavnost i oblici neologizma kod posebnih jezičnih teškoća
Types of neologisms in specific language impairment

Summary/Abstract: In Croatian, as a highly inflected language, morphology plays an important role in words of some word classes, especially those carrying the most important semantic information. This strong morphological encoding gives the speakers of Croatian relative freedom in choosing the word order enabling them to use the word order in emphasizing particular elements in the sentence. Croatian language does not have a long history in studying SLI. The profiles ofSLI children have been described in some segments but the relative poorness of the existing data on regular language development makes it difficult to give the precise description of SLI. The morphological component of the language is the one that is most affected by the SLI. Seven cases and two numbers of the noun and adjective declension and three persons, two numbers and six tenses of the verb conjugation represent the biggest challenges for the Croatian children with the SLI. If the morphology does not function, the syntax does not necessarily provide the additional redundant grammatical information. Eight well documented subjects which all met the criteria for SLI diagnosis were followed during the one year period. The study was designed with guiding principle of possible classification of errors but at the same time with awareness that the sample is too small to generalize. The subjects’ conversations and narrative episodes were recorded. The episodes were transcribed and analyzed to get insight in one particular segment of children language - neologisms.

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