The Roles of Phoneme Frequency, Similarity, and Availability in the Experimental Elicitation of Speech Errors.

Levitt, Andrea G.; Healy, Alice F.

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Publication Date: 1985

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The Roles of Phoneme Frequency, Similarity, and Availability in the Experimental Elicitation of Speech Errors.

Levitt, Andrea G.; Healy, Alice F.

Journal of Memory and Language, v24 n6 p717-33 Dec 1985

Describes two experiments in which subjects read aloud pairs of nonsense syllables rapidly presented on a display screen or repeated the same syllables presented auditorily. Results support an explanation of the speech error generation process in which a segment's strength is a function of its frequency of occurrence in English. (SED)

Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Distinctive Features (Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Difficulty (Inherent), Phonemes, Syllables

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Language: English

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