Jurnal Ilmiah Lingua Idea
Vol 11 No 2 (2020): December 2020

The Language Acquisition of a Child With Mental Retardation (a Psycholinguistic Study)

Octaria Putri Nurharyani (Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Indonesia)
Bivit Anggoro Prasetyo Nugroho (Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Dec 2020

Abstract

This research aims at describing the language acquisition or the ability to acquire language of a child with mental retardation. The data of this study is the language acquisition of Herman (a 2-year-old-child). Data sources were categorized into two groups; the primary data was obtained from Herman’s utterances, and the secondary data was from literature sources (books about psycholinguistics). This research used descriptive qualitative method. Data were collected, clarified, and analyzed according to the established criteria. The result of the study indicated that there was a delay in the language acquisition of the child with mental retardation, yet the process was in a good development.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jli

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Subject

Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Jurnal Ilmiah Lingua Idea ( ISSN: 2580-1066 (online) - ISSN: 2086-1877 (print)) is a peer-reviewed journal, published by Faculty of Humanities Universitas Jenderal Soedirman Purwokerto. It is an open access journal that can be accessed freely to support a greater knowledege exchange and sharing. ...