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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 23.
Published in final edited form as: Aphasiology. 2010 Jul 12;24(12):1576–1592. doi: 10.1080/02687031003714442

Appendix C.

Examples of incorrect responses by error type

Error type Target response Incorrect response

Grammatical morphology Active condition The woman is squeezing the man. The mo mother is squeezing of the the father.
Passive condition The wife is covered by the husband. The wife is cover_ by the man.

Role Reversal (RR) Active with RR The girl is biting the boy. The boy is biting the girl.
Passive with RR The uncle is served by the aunt. The aunt is sered by the uncle.

Sentence Type Passive-for-Active The mother is painting the child. The s- boy is painted by the mother.
Active-for-Passive The cat is licked by the dog. (The uh) the dog is licking the cat.

Incorrect lexical item Incorrect noun The swimmer is punched by the runner. The swimmer is punched by the uh doctor.
Incorrect verb The priest is tripping the rabbi. The priest is pinching the rabbi.
Incorrect verb argument structure The girl is greeting the boy. The girl is saying hi to the boy.
Perseveration of prime The squirrel is kicked by the rabbit. The mouse is kicked by the rabbit.

Others Incomplete sentence The man is poked by the woman. The boy is