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1. Modality
2. Medium
1. Substance error
2. Text error
3. Discourse error
Substance Errors
- Misspellings
- Misspelling proper
- Mispronunciations
-Misspellings
1. Punctuation errors
e.g. overuse of exclamation mark, misordering of
inverted commas, underuse of apostrophe, under- or overuse
of capitals, etc.
2. Typographic errors
e.g. explana*ion, hte* for the, *<r> for <f>
3. Dyslexic errors
e.g. *<parc> for <park>, *<tow> for <two>
-Misspelling proper
1. Mispronunciation errors
e.g. errors committed before pen met paper
-pronunciation --- pronounciation
2. Written misencodings
-Interlingual
e.g. Welsh ( f=v)
English (f=f)
So, *<ofer> for <over>
-Intralingual
1. Overgeneralization
e.g. saviour, behaviour
*pictiour
2. Homophone confusion
3. Mischoice
e.g. *<meens> for <means> (unlucky writer)
4. Letter naming
e.g. empty ---- empti
Mispronunciations
1. Segmental
e.g. /ˈmʌð·ər/ in mother is */ˈmʌd·ər/
2. Combinatorial
-find it difficult to pronounce consonant clusters
e.g. /neimd/ named ---- */neim…/
3. Suprasegmental
-stress, rhythm, intonation
e.g. go out with *them (go out with them)
*I don’t know (I don’t know)
Text errors
1. Lexical errors
2. Grammar errors
Lexical errors
- Omission
e.g. int(e)resting
- Overinclusion
e.g. fresh(er)man, din(n)ing room
- Misselection
e.g. *delitiouse --- delicious
- Misordering
e.g. littel …. little
- Blend
e.g. *starps (stops + starts)
-Semantic errors in lexis
(b) using too specific a term for a more general term (hypomym for
superonym)
e.g. the *lieutenants (soldiers) live in the castle.
1. Morphology errors
2. Syntax errors
1. Morphology errors
(i) Overinclusion
e.g. He shaved himself [*the beard]
(ii) Omission
e.g. Give *[NP] to the dog. (Give [the bone] to the dog.)
(iii) Misordering
e.g. Martin sent [to him] the letter.
(iv) Misselection
e.g. He seems *crying / to cry.
(v) Blend
e.g. *You would be most likely get first prize.
From
-you would be likely to get first prize
-you would most likely get first prize
-Sentence errors
e.g.
(a) Gandhi, who led the independence movement in India, was a
politician.
(b) Gandhi, who was a politician, led the independence
movement in India.
-Intersentence errors
e.g. Simon is a great man. She helps everyone in her neighbour.