경도 지적장애 성인의 유행어 사용인식 및 사용특성 연구

Abstract

This study examined the fad words recognition and usage characteristics of ordinary adults with a social and cultural point of view. Adults with mild intellectual disability (N=30) and age matched adults with no specific disability (N=30) were participated in the survey. The results of the study are as follows. First, the differences were found in the fad words recognition between adults with mild intellectual disability and ordinary adults such as the reason for using fad words, advantage of using fad words, the way of learning, thoughts on the phenomenon of using fad words. Second, there was a significant difference between the two groups in the usage characteristics of fad words. The fad words familiarity response, understanding ability of fad words and the score of expression ability of adults with mild intellectual disability were found to be significantly lower. Third, there were no significant correlations between the fad words familiarity response and the understanding ability in the sub-variables of the characteristic of using fad words, as a result of analyzing the correlation between fad words familiarity response and fad words understanding ability and expression ability of each group. This is due to the fact that adults with mild intellectual disability are becoming familiar with the fad words, as they understand the vocabulary that appears superficially, rather than attempting to grasp implicit words or implied meanings of the fad words, regardless of the level of fad words familiarity. This showed that adults with mild intellectual disability were more likely to have different fad words recognition and insufficient usage characteristics, and suggests that proper language education for understanding fad words is necessary for smooth peer communication.