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CzęśćI-Język-Społeczeństwo
Summary
Onrichnessandchangesinthevocabularyofpre-schoolchildren
Telongandcomplicatedprocessoflanguageassimilationhasbeentheobjectofinterest
ofpsychologistsandlinguistsalike.Teexchangeofideasintheformofcommunication
andspeakingandunderstanding,withtheirexplicitpsychologicalaspect,playacrucial
roleintheprocessofspeechfunctioning.Anadequatedevelopmentofachildisstrictly
connectedwithlanguagedevelopmentandassuchisbroughttoperfection,ashemasters
andenricheshisvacabulary,whichinturnishighlyinfluencedbytheclosestenvironment.
Steadygrowthintheamountofnewwordsisaccompaniedbycognitiveandemotional
development.Onecanobserveaconsiderablegrowthinlexisinachildattheagefrom5
to6.Sophisticatedanddiversifiedvocabularyofthepre-schoolchild,enrichedwithnew
wordsallowshimtousethelanguagefluentlyandrelativelycorrectly.Tetendenciesin
Polislanguage,whichhavebeenobservedoverthelast25years,havealsobeenreflected
inthelanguageofitsyoungestusers.Comparativetestconductedonthematerialfrom
the60)sandthe70)sinjuxtapositionwiththelatestcontemporaryexampleshaveoutlined
noticeablechanges.
Teliteratureofthesubjectturnsourattentiontotheneedofanewdictionarycompila-
tionwithdefinitions,whichcoulddeterminethelevelofunderstandingofwordsbychildren
startingprimaryeducation.Anattemptmadeatsuchadictionarypreparationhasbeen
presentedinthefinalpartofthearticle.
KEYWORDS:linguistics,languagedevelopment,child’svacabulary,thedictionaryofapre-school
child.
