lapsus
Sign in to saveAlso known as lapse, slip of the tongue, blunder, slip of the pen, slip-up
In philology, a lapsus (Latin for "lapse, slip, error") is an involuntary mistake made while writing or speaking.
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- Investigations
- Psychoanalysis
- Types of lapsus
- Types of slips of the tongue
- Motivation
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In philology, a lapsus (Latin for "lapse, slip, error") is an involuntary mistake made while writing or speaking.
==Investigations== In 1895 an investigation into verbal slips was undertaken by a philologist and a psychologist, Rudolf Meringer and Karl Mayer, who collected many examples and divided them into separate types.
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