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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurolinguistics. 2020 Feb 7;54:100885. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2019.100885

Table 3.

Examples of partial and complete language intrusion errors (indicated in bold) while reading mixed–language paragraphs aloud.

Displayed paragraph Participant’s utterance
Complete language intrusion error The cielo was so overcast and low que he felt the weight of it resting on su brow. The cielo was so overcast and low that he felt the weight of it resting on his brow.
Partial language intrusion error Era un muchacho robusto, with cara de morsa y pelo rizado y black. Era un muchacho robusto, with cara de morsa y pelo rizado y ne.. y black.

Note: Negro is Spanish for black; que is Spanish for that.