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. 2018 Mar 27;18:952–962. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.03.031

Table 1.

Re-coding of error categories.

Initial error coding: Manchester classification Description Re-coded Dell classification
Correct
Correct response
Correct
Dysfluency The correct initial phonemes of the word are produced followed by a correct production of the target word

Not-a-correct Correct responses including an indication that the subject believes that the response was incorrect or was unsure of accuracy, or the response was posed as a question

Semantic error A real word that was semantically related but not phonologically related to the target Semantic

Formal error A real word that was phonologically related to the target by the phonemic definition, but not semantically related to the target Formal

Mixed error A semantically and phonologically related real word, but not morphologically related Mixed

Unrelated error A real word that was neither semantically or phonologically related to the target Unrelated

Phonemic error A non-word with the correct first or last phoneme or at least two other phonemes in their correct position, or at least 30% correct phonemes in any position Non-word

Neologism A non-word that was phonologically unrelated to the target by the phonemic definition

Perseveration Repetition of a previous response Coded in relation to target

Circumlocution A description of the target alone, without an attempt to produce the name Omission

Omission No attempt to produce the target

Initial error Only the initial phoneme of the word is produced

Visual error Incorrect visual identification of the target

Other errors Could not be classified or does not fit into any of the other categories

Not-a-incorrect Incorrect responses including an indication that the subject believes that the response was incorrect or was unsure of accuracy, or the response was posed as a question Not re-coded