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They provide psycholinguistic evidence for the way we formulate words or phrases. |
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They are the signs of linguistic loss due to brain damage, as in the case of aphasia. |
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They are normal, everyday occurrences which pervade our speaking. |
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They are words or phrases with a humorous twist to the meaning which was intended. |
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They freeze the production process momentarily, because we can immediately correct ourselves. |