title: Speech error and tip of the tongue diary for mobile devices.
abstract: Collections of various types of speech errors have increased our understanding of the acquisition, production, and perception of language. Although such collections of naturally occurring language errors are invaluable for a number of reasons, the process of collecting various types of speech errors presents many challenges to the researcher interested in building such a collection, among them a significant investment of time and effort to obtain a sufficient number of examples to enable statistical analysis. Here we describe a freely accessible website http://spedi.ku.edu that helps users document slips of the tongue, slips of the ear, and tip of the tongue states that they experience firsthand or observe in others. The documented errors are amassed, and made available for other users to analyze, thereby distributing the time and effort involved in collecting errors across a large number of individuals instead of saddling the lone researcher, and facilitating distribution of the collection to other researchers. This approach also addresses some issues related to data curation that hampered previous error collections, and enables the collection to continue to grow over a longer period of time than previous collections. Finally, this web-based tool creates an opportunity for language scientists to engage in outreach efforts to increase the understanding of language disorders and research in the general public.
authors: Spoken Language Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas , Lawrence, KS, USA.
authors: Michael S
authors: MS
authors: Vitevitch
authors: Spoken Language Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas , Lawrence, KS, USA.
authors: Cynthia S Q
authors: CS
authors: Siew
authors: Spoken Language Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas , Lawrence, KS, USA.
authors: Nichol
authors: N
authors: Castro
authors: Spoken Language Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas , Lawrence, KS, USA.
authors: Rutherford
authors: R
authors: Goldstein
authors: Information Technology, University of Kansas , Lawrence, KS, USA.
authors: Jeremy A
authors: JA
authors: Gharst
authors: Information Technology, University of Kansas , Lawrence, KS, USA.
authors: Jeriprolu J
authors: JJ
authors: Kumar
authors: Information Technology, University of Kansas , Lawrence, KS, USA.
authors: Erica B
authors: EB
authors: Boos
keywords: diary; mobile app; slip of the ear; slip of the tongue; speech error; tip of the tongue