Classical Malapropisms.

Zwicky, Arnold M.

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ERIC Number: EJ214473

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Publication Date: 1979-Sep

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Classical Malapropisms.

Zwicky, Arnold M.

Language Sciences, v1 n2 p339-48 Sep 1979

Examines 158 examples of malapropisms and determines three possible sources of this type of error: (1) childhood errors that were never corrected, (2) other kinds of imperfect learning, and (3) breakdown in the storage and retrieval system of the mental lexicon. (AM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Processing, Language Research, Lexicology, Memory, Phonology, Syllables, Vocabulary

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