Moprhological Acquisition in Autistic Children

Abstract

The aim of this research were: 1. to find out the words acquired by autistic children, 2. to explain how the morphological process of the words acquired. The Data of this research was taken 2 autistic children from UPT. SLB-E NEGERI PEMBINA TINGKAT PROVINSI SUMATERA UTARA. The first children is F, 9 years, live at Jln. Alumunium No. 28 Tanjung Mulia. And the second children is Z, 7 years, live at Block C No. 67 PT. IRA Hamparan Perak. This study applied qualitative descriptive method. The technique of collecting the data used observation, the observation conducted for time period of two weeks around one hour in each days. Based on the observation, F acquired 140 words and Z acquired 296 words during the observation around 2 weeks. In this research, it was found the morphological process are: affixation, reduplication and compounding. It was concluded that The development of morphological acquisition in autistic children vary depending on the children intelligence.