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A Comparative Study of the Production of Spatial Terms by Meiteilon-Speaking Children with
Intellectual Disability and Typically Growing Children

Benubala Nameirakpam, Ph.D. Research Scholar

Abstract

This paper presents the result of an investigation on the elicited production of the spatial terms by a group of Meiteilon-speaking children with severe intellectual disability (ID) and a group of childrenwithout any disability in the same age range of 5-8 years. The finding shows that there is a difference in the production rate of the spatial terms by the two groups. The finding also shows that the children with intellectual disability manifest a significant difference when compared to the typically growing children. The ID group not only has lower production rate but they also lack in several concepts. This group use generic terms as a substitute to specific terms when compared with the other group.

Keywords: Meiteilon, children with intellectual disability

Introduction

Over the years, there has been a rise in the new attempt to examine the nature of the language and the linguistic impairment of the children with intellectual disability (ID) from a linguistic point of view. Language of the person with ID is recognized to be marked with features of deviation and retardation. A child with ID is the one who falls in the lower end of the range of intelligence, usually with an intelligence quotient (IQ) below 70 on some standardized IQ tests and limitation in some adaptive behaviour. The onset is before the age of 18 years. Persons with ID have been categorized into mild, moderate, severe and profound categories depending on the level of severity. The present study has tried to examine the nature and function of spatial terms in the Meiteilon-speaking children with ID and compare it with the language of the typically growing children. The subjects in the study include a group of children in the range of severe ID and a control group which are the typically growing children. The two groups have been compared according to the age. The main reason for choosing the severe group within the groups in ID is that severe subjects show striking linguistic patterns (Sharma, 1977).

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