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1.	malapropisms	Using big words in the wrong context. From Mrs. Malaprop in Sheridan's play "the Rivals" (think mal a propos).
2.	things detracting from word recognition	- implausible/unlikely context (John buried the guitar) - impossible context (John drank the guitar) Cause about a 50ms delay. - Wrong syntax even slower - word salad. (The drank John guitar)
3.	spoonerisms	From Dr. Spooner: Work is the curse of the drinking classes. Tasted the whole worm. Queer old dean. Letters or syllables get swapped.
4.	non-contextual word substitution	The substituting word comes completely out of the blue (not in original phrase). Hungarian restaurant instead of rhapsody.
5.	target pair/bias pair	Used to try and induce language errors. Would use pairs of words being asked to be read aloud. The bias pair are "regular" and contain a common feature. The target pair is atypical and examiner tries to get the target pair to be read incorrectly to match the feature of the bias pairs.
6.	most common speech error	Occurs in words, morphemes and phonemes.
7.	parapraxis	"Freudian slips" a form of self-betrayal of unconscious beliefs. Can occur at many levels of linguistics - syllables, phonemes, etc. Uncommon - very rarely related to repressed fears or desires. Will come up more likely if the situation is prompted - "primed" by assocation.
8.	things affecting word recognition	- CONTEXT! With context, recognize very early. - Common-ness. More common words are thought of first, until more of the word is heard.
9.	Freud	Write "Psychopathology of Everyday Life," on substitutions of works in speech or writing. Said that "slips" from from repressed, unconscious desires.
10.	types of slips	1. phrase exchange 2. word substitution 3. inflectional morpheme shift 4. stem morpheme exchange 5. syllable onset - anticipation 6. phonological anticipation
11.	word salad	Jumble of words. Takes longest to recognize, because relying solely on acoustic evidence and word frequency.
12.	contrepet	French linguistic joke: phrases that would be obscene if exchange were to happen.
13.	uniqueness point	Point at which there is no mistakening a word for another. b- bri- brid-> bride. General occurs about halfway through word.
14.	gating paradigm	Way to cut off word and allow subjects to guess the word.
15.	syntactic category rule	Most word slips occur when things replace those of the SAME CATEGORY. e.g. noun by a noun, verb by a verb.
16.	why do slips occur?	Language is a hard thing to do! Runs at approximately 3 words/second, must do a lot of thinking.
17.	idealistic communication, problems	Someone has idea. Puts into words, speaks them. Listener hears sound, recognizes words, grasps intent. Problem: most ideas can't be put to 1-1 correspondence with words.