Speech Errors

Question 1

inside source speech errors

Answer 1

errors that originate from words/sounds within the original utterance
- e.g. swapping/metathesis, anticipation, perseveration

Question 2

outside source speech errors

Answer 2

errors that come from outside the original utterance
- e.g. intrusion errors

Question 3

swapping/metathesis error

Answer 3

a speech error that occurs when two parts of an utterance are swapped
- the error comes from inside the source

Question 4

anticipation error

Answer 4

a speech error that occurs when an earlier part of an utterance gets replaced by a part that comes later in the utterance
- the error comes from inside the source

Question 5

perseveration error

Answer 5

a speech error that occurs when a later part of an utterance gets replaced by a part that came earlier in the utterance
- the error comes from inside the source

Question 6

intrusion error

Answer 6

a speech error that occurs when a part of an utterance is replaced by something else that is not part of the utterance
- the error comes from outside of the source
- intrusion errors can be semantic, phonological, or syntactic

Question 7

What parts of utterances can be affected by speech errors?

Answer 7

1. phrases
2. words
3. morphemes
4. phonemes
5. features

Question 8

What can speech errors tell us about the way that we process words?

Answer 8

1. syllables are important: you’re more likely to make errors in the same syllable positions (e.g. “flying fonkey” (vs. “flying monfey” (not likely))
2. swapping errors tell us that we must have already retrieved and planned words from later in the sentence
   —we can swap something that comes later in the sentence for something that comes earlier