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This 3 page paper discusses ways in which “slips of the tongue” help us understand the way we store words and produce speech. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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is usually defined of as the study of the meaning of words and how theyre used in the language, which means semantic errors can be thought of as using the
right word in the wrong context. Derek J. Smith writes that everyday speech errors are very important because they can tell us a great deal. Grammatical errors tell us "whether
apparently separate functions fail separately or together, and thus whether they probably derive from one or more modular processes" (Smith, 2003). Errors can also show which modules are communicating with
other modules, and which ones, and "what form of encoding is being passed back and forth" (Smith, 2003). Finally, we can also learn how well the links are protected from
interference or damage (Smith, 2003). Smith doesnt define the term "module" but its probably useful to think of it as meaning the speech centers of the brain. The speech
center "lies in the parietal lobe of the left hemisphere of the brain for right-handed persons and most left-handed" (Speech-the brain). There is also a structure in the brain called
"Brocas motor speech area" that controls the motor nerves that lead to the face and "control movements of the tongue, lips and jaws" (Speech-the brain). There are many components to
speech: the brain, the nerves, muscles, and of course comprehension among others. There is also a "language recognition center" in the brain, "usually ... in the right hemisphere" (Speech-the brain).
A person who loses the ability to speak for some reason can still understand language and vice versa (Speech-the brain). An early study of speech errors by Boomer and Laver
in 1968 found that the phrase "was one of the main units of speech production" (Smith, 2003). A phrase is defined as a structure that consists of "several words, but
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