Types of Speech Error

Types of Speech Error

A.    Phonological Substitutions (Only lexemes)

a)    Perseveration

·    John gave the goy a ball (John gave the boy a ball)

b)    Anticipation

·    alsho share (also share)

c)    Feature Substitution

·    tap stobs ([^Voiced]) (tab stops)

·    Cedars of Lemadon ([^Nasal]) Cedars of Lebanon

B.    Lexical (Word) Selection Errors (Only lexemes)

a)    Semantically Based Substitution Errors

v    Antonym Substitution

It's too damn hot . . . , I mean, cold in here

He rode his bicycle tomorrow (yesterday)

All I need is something for my elbows (shoulders)

v    Synonym Substitution is not perceived as an error:

I was starving (ravenous)

on the couch (sofa)

on the pier (dock)

b)    Phonologically Based Word Substitutions

He has a new commuter (computer)

The instructions gave no inclination . . . indication as to how to do it

verbal outfit (output)

his immoral soul (immortal)

c)    Word Substitutions with Morphological Stranding

they are Turking talkish (talking Turkish)

it waits to pay (pays to wait)

you have to square it facely (face it squarely)

d)    Blends (Only lexemes)

My stummy hurts (stomach/tummy)

There's a dreeze blowing through the room (draft/breeze)

It was maistly, ah, mostly his doing (mainly/mostly)

At the end of todays lection (lecture/lesson)

This is not much of a universary (university/nursery)

e)    General Malapropisms : penggunaan kata yang tidak tepat.

a peckeral (cockerel)

He picked some gutter pups (butter cups)

I'm ravished! (ravenous!)

It's the Chinese who practice Acapulco (acupuncture)

He was concreted (cremated)

f)    Spoonerisms (Can you figure out the targets?)

Work is the curse of the drinking class.

You have hissed all the mystery lectures, I saw you fight that liar behind the gymnasium, and, in short, you have tasted the whole worm (Reverend Spooner)