STRATEGIES FOR EDITING OUT SPEECH ERRORS IN INNER SPEECH

In a classical SLIP task spoonerisms are elicited with either a lexical or a nonlexical outcome. If the frequency of a particular class of responses is affected by the lexicality of the expected spoonerisms, this indicates that many such responses have replaced elicited spoonerisms in inner speech. This is shown in early interrupted speech errors and in completed speech errors that deviate from the elicited spoonerisms