A Psycholinguistic Research on Slips of the Tongue

Occurred in the Speaking Class of English Letters and

Language Department Students of UIN Malang

THESIS
Presented to
State Islamic University of Malang
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for Degree of
Sarjana Sastra

By :
Djarot Karisman

03320045

English Department
Faculty of Humanities and Culture
State Islamic University of Malang
2008
 A Psycholinguistic Research on Slips of the Tongue
Occurred in the Speaking Class of English Letters and
Language Department Students of UIN Malang

THESIS
Presented to

State Islamic University of Malang

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement
for Degree of Sarjana Sastra (S.S)

By:
Djarot Karisman
NIM 03320045

Advisor:
Rohmani Nur Indah, [Link]

ENGLISH LETTERS AND LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND CULTURE
STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MALANG
APRIL 2008
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This is to certify that the Sarjana’s Thesis of Djarot Karisman entitled “ A

Psycholinguistic Research on Slips of the Tongue Occurred in the Speaking Class

of English Letters and Language Department Students of UIN Malang “ has been

approved by the Advisor for further approval by the board of Examiners.

Malang, March 29, 2008

Approved by Acknowledgement by

The Advisor The Head of English Department

Hj. Rohmani Nur Indah, M. Pd [Link]. Syafiyah, MA

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Humanities and Culture Faculty

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Psycholinguistic Research on Slips of the Tongue Occurred in the Speaking Class
of English Letters and Language Department Students of UIN Malang” has been
approved by the Board of Examiners as the requirement for the degree of Sarjana
Sastra (S.S) in English Letters and Language Department, Faculty of Humanities
and Culture, State Islamic University of Malang.

Malang, 05 April 2008

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 MOTTO:

‫أ   
 ور‬

Control what’s between your beard and moustache (your

mouth) and what’s between your thigh
(Related by Ibnu Asshakir from Shisahaah bin Najiah r.a)
 DEDICATION

Someone in Tasikmalaya West Java, whom I miss her very much

( Someday, i’ll be there after I graduate from my study )

This thesis is dedicated to:

My mother “ Hj. Sri Suyami “ for your eternal love, prays, spirit and

motivations and to my father “ H. Soekarno “ for your

guidance about duty and responsibility.

For all my family, thanks for your supports and helps for me

And for all my friends

Thanks for our friendship and togetherness

Someday, we will meet again

I love you all

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

All praise be to Allah SWT, whose guidance and blessing make it possible

for the writer to finish this thesis in due time.

Peace and salutation to our last prophet Muhammad SAW, who has

brought us from the darkness to the lightness, and who has been a good model in

the overall of our life.

I realized that my thesis compilation will never get success without any

interference from other people. Therefore, it is my pleasure to acknowledge the

following people for their contribution in the writing of this thesis:

1. First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my advisor, Mrs.

Rohmani Nur Indah, [Link] for her patience, constructive suggestions, valuable

guidance and encouragements during the finishing of this thesis. May god always

protect and reply her by the better things.

2. Secondly, thank you to Prof. Dr. H. Imam Suprayogo as the rector of UIN

Malang, Drs. H. Dimjati Ahmadin. [Link] as the dean of Humanities and Culture

Faculty, Dra. Hj. Syafiyah, M.A as the head of English Letters and Language

Department, who have allowed me to conduct the research in this faculty, Mrs.

Rinasari as my chair of examiner, and all of the lecturers of English Letters and

Language department for being so kind, patient, and generous in leading me to the

world of linguistics, literature and anything about language with the invaluable

knowledge inputs.

3. Furthermore, thanks also for my parents and all my family, for their

encouragements, helps and supports during my study and the completion of this
thesis. Thanks for their endless love, prays, care, and everything they have done

since I was born up to now.

4. All my friends in English Letters and Language Department of UIN Malang

2003, Dedi, Ali Rofi, Pakde, Ya’lu, Linda, Zainul, Nur Khasanah……….etc,

thanks for our friendship, togetherness and supports for finishing this thesis.

Someday may I can invite you all to get gathering in my house.

5. For Mbak Sul “ warung gaul” and Bu’e “ nasi kuning “ thanks for your cooking

and milk every morning which make me health and fresh. My friends in

“ Indonesia Backpacker Community” and all mountain and nature lovers, thanks

for your care to the earth which make me still alive up to now.

6. At last, thanks for my basket ball and hang out friends (Arman, Esti Unmer,

Bahtiar and Nafis), my swimming friends ( Yaqin, Zainuddin and Anang Dokter ),

my football friends (Rofiq, Jhoni, Eka, Thomas, Fajrin, Heru, Dani and Salladin ),

my intensive friends A2 2003/2004, my friends 2003 generation of UIN Malang,

my friends in my boarding house Sumbersari II/22b and Kertoleksono 24, ( Ryan,

Sani, Danang, Meri, Budi, Alfan, Bagus, Azis, Adib, Khusairi, Agus, Cemet,

Ketek, Lukman, Wawan, Bawox, Angga, Tain, Ipung, Atmam and P-man) and for

all my lovely friends who I cannot mention one by one, thanks for our friendship

and unforgettable warmth.

May Allah SWT bless and protect them all forever, and may this thesis

will be valuable for the writer and the readers as well

April, 2008

Djarot Karisman
 ABSTRACT
Karisman, Djarot. 2008. A Psycholinguistic Research on Slips of the Tongue
Occurred in the Speaking Class of English Letters and Language Department
Students of UIN Malang. Thesis. English Letters and Language Department, the
State Islamic University of Malang.
Advisor:Rohmani Nur Indah, [Link].

Key Words: Slips of the Tongue, Speaking Class

As a social person, human beings are always interrelated with others.

Here, the function of language is very important thing to be used by people in the
world to communicate with each other. Talking about speech, it is realized that
there is relationship between speech and slips of the tongue because slips of the
tongue is one of the types of speech errors. Meanwhile, as human beings, every
one of us seems to produce slips of the tongue and therefore it is interesting to be
researched.
Fromklin (in Clark, 1977:273) said that slips of the tongue is said to have
occurred when the speaker’s actual utterance differs in some way from the
intended utterance. It involves unintentional movement, addition, deletion,
blending, or substitution of material within an utterance and can be phonological,
morphological, lexical or syntactic. It is not the product of intentional
ungrammaticality, ignorance, language play, or motor dysfluencies.
Slips of the tongue has 8 types, they are: anticipations, perseverations,
reversals/ exchanges, blends, shifts/misderivations, substitutions, additions and
deletions. However, this research used qualitative design as it’s method of
analyzing and collecting the data.
To get the original and valid data, the researcher used the following steps:
Firstly, the researcher followed the speaking class of English Letters and
Language Department Students of UIN Malang and observes every word uttered
by the students. Secondly, while observing, he also recorded all utterances that
were spoken by the students. Taking note was also done to record context of
utterances. Thirdly, the researcher transcribed every word or sentence uttered by
the students. Fourthly, the researcher selected the utterances that are related to the
types of slips of the tongue. Finally, the researcher arranged the data which are
appropriate with the problem of the research.
Based on the analysis, this research only found 6 types from 8 types of
slips of the tongue, they are: reversals/exchanges, blends, shifts/misderivations,
substitutions, additions and deletions. Anticipations and perseverations were not
found. Most of case of slips of the tongue found in this research is shifts/
misderivations (11 data), followed by additions (8 data), substitutions (5 data),
deletions (3 data), reversals/exchanges (2 data) and blends (1 data).
For the English Department students, this research may give benefit
especially on the application of psycholinguistics study. At last, the researcher
suggests the next researcher who will do the research in the same field of study to
analyze different forms using different theory, so that the result of the research
would be comparable.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
Approval ………...………..………………………………....i

Legitimation ……………………………………………………ii

Motto …...………………………………………………iii

Dedication …...…………….………………………………...iv

Acknowledgement …………...……….……………………………....v

Abstract ………………………...………………………...vii

Table of Contents ……...…………………………………………..viii

CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION

1. 1 Background of the Research ……………………………..1

1. 2 Problems of the Research ………………..…………………3

1. 3 Objectives of the Research ……………………………..4

1. 4 Significance of the Research ……………………………..4

1. 5 Scope and Limitation of the Research ……………………..4

1.6 Definition of Key Terms ……………………………………..5

CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Common Speech Errors ………………………..……………6

2. 1. 1 Definition of Common Speech Errors ……..………6

2. 1. 2 Types of Common Speech Errors ……..………7

 2. 2 Slips of the Tongue ……………………..…………......17

2. 2. 1 Definition of Slips of the Tongue ……………..….17

2. 2. 3 Types of Slips of the Tongue …………………....19

2. 3 Errors in Articulator Program …………………..………..24

2. 3. 1 Unit in the Articulator Program …..………..24

2. 4 Factors in Slips of the Tongue ..………………….……….28

2. 5 Previous Study …………………..………………………..30

CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHOD

3. 1 Research Design ……………………..……………………..33

3. 2 Sources of Data …………..………………………………..33

3. 3 Research Instrument …..………………………………..34

3. 4 Data Collection ……………………..……………………..34

3. 5 Data Analysis ……………………………..……………..34

CHAPTER IV : FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4. 1 Data Presentation and Analysis ……………………..……..35

4. 2 Discussion ………………………..…………………..50

CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION

5. 1 Conclusion …………………..………………………..57

5. 2 Suggestion ……………..……………………………..58

Bibliography

Appendix

Curriculum Vitae
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

1. 1 Background of the Research

Said in Hadist:

‫أ   
 ور‬

The meaning:
Control what’s between your beard and moustache (your mouth) and what’s
between your thigh

( Related by Ibnu Asshakir from Shisahaah bin Najiah r.a )

From the Hadist above, we know that keeping our mouth is very important

in our life. A big thing can happen if we cannot keep our mouth well. It is

expected that we use our mouth only to say or to speak the good thing and keep

out from the bad speaking.

What we said shows who we are. Then, our prophet teaches us to speak

carefully. Sometimes we speak carelessly and can produce slips of the tongue.

This phenomenon of slips of the tongue, therefore, is interesting to be studied.

Talking about speech, we realized that there is relation between speech

and slips of the tongue, because slips of the tongue is one of the types of speech

errors. As human being, every one of us seems to produce slips of the tongue.

Sigmund Freud, a psychologist (in Fromklin, 1973) analyzed that slips of the

tongue phenomenon resulted from repressed thoughts which are revealed by the

particular errors which a speaker makes. Such errors reveal as much if not much

more about the structure of language as they do about repressed thoughts.

 This case is also analyzed by the linguists at least as far back as the 8th

century when the Arab linguist Al-Kisa’i wrote his book, “Errors of the

populace”. The Arab scholar's interest in such errors was based on the belief that

they might provide clues as to how language changes. Since that time, many

linguists have been collecting and analyzing these spontaneously produced speech

errors. While slips of the tongue have not contributed much to the understanding

of how and why languages change, they do tell us a great deal about what we

seem to know about our language and how we use this knowledge to speak and to

understand what others say to us. We can look at some speech errors and see what

they reveal about our linguistic knowledge (cited from http// www. Isadc. Org).

The example of slips of the tongue is a person who said, “Bake my bike"

for the intended sentence “take my bike" while talking to his servant which may

have produced an 'anticipation slip'. This kind of slips of the tongue happens when

a later segment takes the place of an earlier segment (Carroll, 1986:254).

The kinds of slips of the tongue which is analyzed in this research are

those occurred in the speaking class of English Letters and Language Department

students of UIN Malang. In the speaking class, the English Letters and Language

Department students can express their thought and practice their language fluency

as well as accuracy. It is guided by the teacher who is competent in English

speaking skill.

This research on slips of the tongue is related with some researches or

studies conducted previously. For example, Warren’s study on slips of the tongue

in very young children (1986). Jeager’s study entitled “Young Children Slips of

the Tongue as evidence for Language Development” (1995). Poulisse’s research

entitled “Slips of the Tongue: Speech Errors in First and Second Language

Production” (1999) and also Ni’matur Rohamah’s study on slips of the tongue on

news presenter of Liputan 6 SCTV (2005).

Based on the explanation above, then, slips of the tongue is important to

be researched by the researcher. And this is relevant and informative reading that

will help language teachers gain insights into the phenomenon of language slips.

The above are some reasons why the writer chooses this title “A Psycholinguistic

Research on Slips of the Tongue Occurred in the Speaking Class of English

Letters and Language Department Students of UIN Malang” for his thesis

1. 2 Problems of the Research

Based on the background of the research above, the researcher investigates

the following problems:
1. What are the kinds of slips of the tongue happened in the speaking class of

English Letters and Language Department students of UIN Malang?

2. What are the kinds of slips of the tongue that most happened in the

speaking class of English Letters and Language Department students of

UIN Malang?

1. 3 Objectives of the Research

The objectives of the research are:

1. To describe the kinds of slips of the tongue happened in the speaking class of

English Letters and Language Department students of UIN Malang.

2. To Describe what kinds of slips of the tongue that most happened in the

speaking class of English Letters and Language Department students of UIN

Malang

1. 4 Significance of the Research

The findings of the research are supposed to give both theoretical and

practical contribution in psycholinguistics. Theoretically, the findings of this

research are expected to be one of the sources in psycholinguistics. And

practically, it is expected to be useful for the teacher, students and also for the

next researcher.

For teachers, the result of this research is expected can be an additional

material for psycholinguistics course. For students, they can understand the kinds

of slips of the tongue. And also for the next researchers, it can be the reference for

them to do the similar research on this field.

1. 5 Scope and Limitation of the Research

In this research, the writer only does the research on slips of the tongue

occurred in the speaking class of English Letters and Language Department

students of UIN Malang. The research is done in the third semester speaking class

and the theory used to support the analysis of this research is taken from Carroll’s

theory on slips of the tongue. The slips of the tongue caused by speech disfluency

such as echolalia and hesitation are not analyzed on this research.

1. 6 Definition of Key Terms

The title of this thesis is “A Psycholinguistics Research on Slips of the

Tongue occurred in the Speaking Class of English Letters and Language

Department Students of UIN Malang”. Concerning to the title, the researcher

gives some definition related to the key terms.

1. Slips of the tongue

Something that is planned to be spoken or uttered, but the speakers actual

utterance differs in some way from the intended utterance.

2. Speech Errors

Errors in linguistic output occur in spoken language, sign language,

written language, and typed language.

3. Speaking class

Is one of the English Letters and Language Department students classes to

express their thought and to practice their language (English) fluency and

accuracy.
 CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter discusses about review of related literature. It contains the

topic of slips of the tongue, such as: common speech errors, definition of common

speech errors, types of common speech errors which belong to the conversational

feature, slips of the tongue, types of slips of the tongue, errors in articulator

program, unit in the articulator program, factors in slips of the tongue and

previous studies.

2.1 Common Speech Errors

According to many theoretical linguists, the object of linguistic study is

unbroken successions of unrelated yet grammatical utterances generated by a

system of rules. Actual speech is characterized by a grammatical utterances,

fragments, restarts, and errors.

Freud claimed that speech errors are resulted from repressed thoughts

which are revealed by the particular errors which a speaker makes. While it

possible that Freud is correct in some case, such errors reveal as much if not much

more about the structure of language as they do about repressed thoughts.

2.1.1 Definition of Common Speech Errors

Speech errors are errors in linguistic output occur in spoken language, sign

language, written language, and typed language. Speech errors are extremely

frequent about 1-2/1000 words. They indicate a breakdown between competence

and performance; it may tell us something about how linguistic competence is

organized (cited from [Link]).

Speech errors can occur at all level of language processes:

- Phrasal level (syntax)

- Word level (lexicon)

- Morphology (subdivision)

- Phoneme level

- Phonological feature

Dell (1968) identifies three levels of speech errors, particularly slips of the

tongue; sounds errors, morpheme errors, and word errors. Sounds errors are

accidental interchanges of sounds between words. Thus “snow flurries” might

become “flow snurries”. Morpheme errors are accidental interchanges of

morphemes between words. Thus “self-destruct instruction” might become “self-

instruct destruction”. Word errors are accidental transpositions of words. Thus

“writing a letter to my mother” might become “writing a mother to my letter “.

2.1.2 Types of Common Speech Errors

The first eight of the following belong to the conversational feature. The

slips of the tongue mentioned later is what commonly categorized as speech error:

1. Silent pause
Silent pause is a period of no speech between words speed of talking is

almost entirely determined by the amount of such pausing. People who peak

slowly hesitate a lot, and when they speed up their rat of words. They do it by

eliminating the pauses, not by shortening the words. The silent pauses, the
speakers no speech at all, they just keep silent between their words. For example:

-Turn on the // heater switch

2. Filled pause
Filled pause is a gap filled by ah, uh, mm, or the like. The fast speakers are

fluent because they do not hesitate much, and slow speaker are not fluent because

they hesitate a great deal in filled pause. The slow speakers filled their pauses by

saying the words ah, uh, mm, or the like.

For example:

-Turn on, uh, the heater switch.

The most frequent silent pauses (//) in twelve types of constituents are:

- The // house - the // big house - the // manor house - in // house

- In // big house - in // manor house - in the // house - in the // big

house

- In the // manor house - May // go - may have // gone - in going //

home.

Pauses are happened commonly when the speaker is hesitation. Exception

if those utterances have memorized before, or those utterances have prepared well,

because usually 30-50 % utterances are signed by pauses. For example: an actress

or actors have memorized the scripts and exercised a certain dialog, there will be

more pauses (Dardjowidjojo, 2003:144).

Three hesitation points

What all this evidence suggests is that there are three major points at

which speakers are liable to stop for planning:

 1. Grammatical junctures. This is the logical place to stop to plan the

skeleton and first constituent of the upcoming sentence. Pauses at these

junctures tend to be long and frequent.

2. Other constituent boundaries. Within sentences these boundaries are the

appropriate pale to stop to plan details of the next major constituent-

precisely what noun phrase, prepositional phrase, verb phrase, or adverbial

phrase is to fit next into the next skeleton. The stopping place is typically

marked by a filled pause.

3. Before the first content word within a constituent. This is a point after

speakers have committed themselves to the syntactic form of the

constituent being executed, but before they have planned the precise words

to fill it out. This stopping place, like the previous kind, gives speakers

time to plan the very next major constituent. It is typically marked by a

silent pause (the // dirty caps) or by a repeat of the beginning of the

constituent (the/ dirty cups). (Abdul Chaer, 2003 :156)

3. Repeats

Repeats are repetitions of one or more words in a row. The speakers

intended to utter something, yet they make speech error. They make speech error.

They make repetitions of one or more word in a row.

For example:

- Turn on the heater/ the heater switch

- Those/ those dirty cups

The most frequent repeats (/) in twelve types of constituents are:

 - the / the house

- the / the big house

- the / the manor house

- in / in houses

- in / in big houses

- in / in manor houses

In the / in the house

In the / in the big house

In the / in the manor house

May / may go

May have / may have gone

In / in going home

Fully 89 percent of all words repeated were function words, like articles

(the / the neighbor), prepositions (in / in the garden), conjunctions (and/ and the

neighbor): and pronouns (he/ he didn’t go). On the other hand, most of the words

corrected in the false starts were content words: nouns (the man/ the woman),

adjective (the silvery/ the shiny try), verbs (can be seen /can be viewed), or

adverbs (the very / rather than nice house).

4. Unretraced False Start

False starts (unretraced) corrections of a word is included. When the

speakers have speech errors, they make corrections of a word but they do not

repeat of one or more words before the corrected word. They continue saying/

speaking the next word without repeating the wrong word (Clark, 1977:264).
For example:

-These/ those dirty cups.

5. Retraced False Starts

Retraced false start is correction of a word which included the repeating of

one or more words before the corrected word. When the speaker realized that they

make speech errors, they make correction of their words. They make repetitions of

one or more words before the corrected word.

For example:

- Turn on the stove / the heater switch

- Those clean / those dirty cups.

The category called corrections is like false starts, except that they contain

an explicit utterance such as I mean, or rather, or that is to mark the phrase as a

correction.

What was striking, however, was what when contents words were

corrected, the speaker usually (77 percent of the time) retraced one or more words

before them, as in the silvery/ the shiny tray, where the is repeated along with the

replacement word shiny. In the race cases when function words were corrected,

the speaker usually(78 percents of the time) did not retraced any of the previous

words, as in under / behind the sofa, where under is corrected to behind without

any retracing.

The speech errors called corrections prove much the same point. These

errors consist of a “correction phrase”, such as I mean, that is, or well, followed

by the “corrected words”, the words to replace what was said earlier.
 Repeats, false starts, and correction, therefore, provide excellent evidence

that speaker consider the constituent a basic unit of execution. They attempt, to

the best of their ability, to execute constituents as complete wholes. When for

some reason they do stop, make a false start, or correct themselves, they tend to

return to the beginning of the constituent (Clark, 1977:264).

There are relationships each other a repeat, an unretraced false start, a

retraced false start. What these three patterns have in common is that the speaker,

after all corrections and hesitations, executes the whole constituent those dirty

cups in one uninterrupted movement. If he runs into a problem, he stops to deal

with it, but he goes back and executes the constituent from the very beginning.

6. Corrections

There are many reasons why a speaker may stop in mid sentence. They

may forget something that they want to say: they may be searching for just the

right word: or they may be selecting which of several examples they could

mention. English has two remarkable devices by which speakers can signal just

why they are stopping, the interjection (oh, ah, well, say, etc.) and the correction

(I mean, that is, well, etc.). Moreover, these two devices provide further evidence

that the constituent is an important unit of planning.

For example:

-Turn on the stove switch- I mean, the heater switch

-Turn on, oh, the heater switch.

 Correction phrase, like interjections, signals why speakers are interrupting

themselves. Dubois (in Clark and Clark, 1977: 270) has noted that there are some

correction phrases, namely that is , or rather, I mean, and well which signal

distinctly different errors speakers are about to correct.

1. He hit Mary- that is, Bill did-with a frying pan

2. I’m trying to lease-or rather, sublease- my apartment.

3. I really love- I mean, despise – getting up in the morning.

4. I’ll be done immediately- well, in a few minutes.

As illustrated above, the correction phrases have roughly these functions:

1. That is : reference editing

2. Or rather : nuance editing

3. I mean : mistake editing

4. Well : claim editing

In 1, that is is used to specify further then referent of he. In 2, or rather is used

to provide a word that is slightly closer to what the speaker means to say. In 3, I

mean is used for correcting an in and out mistake in wording, one that would have

left the utterance with significantly wrong meaning. And in 4, well is used to

soften a claim the speaker decides is too excessive. These correction phrases are

not interchangeable. Sentence I mean something entirely with that is replaced by

well , and 3 becomes nonsense with I mean replaced by well speakers, then, know

not only when they have made a mistake, but what kind of mistake it is, and they

use these correction phrase to “explain” why they are making the correction.

Here again the constituent emerges as a major unit of planning. In each

correction, speakers replace certain old words with new ones, indicating that the
old words had been misplanned. Typically, this means correcting one word, but

sometimes more than one. When more than one word is changed, the words

almost invariably belong to a single constituent, not to parts of two successive but

unliked constituent. And if the constituent is the unit of misplanning, then it is

also the unit of planning. So planning and execution, at the level of the actual

delivery, work by constituents. Speakers plan a constituent and the execute it

while planning the next. When planning is disrupted or needs correcting, they still

try to execute the constituent as a whole, and this often means retracing their

steps. What is perhaps most extra ordinary is that speakers, at some level of

consciousness, know the word choices and correction they are making, for they

often signal their reason for them to listener. These interjections and correction

phrases are comments on why speakers happened to say what they said and are

not part of the direct message it self. Speakers know a good deal about how they

select the words they are going to say (Clark, 1977:265).

7. Interjection

Interjections, like hesitation pauses, indicate that speakers have had to stop

to think about what are going to say. They select a particular interjection to signal

why they have had to stop. The interjections oh, well, and say are illustrated at the

following sentences:

1. John would like, oh, carrots.

2. John would like- ah, carrots.

3. John would like, well, carrots.

4. John would like, say, carrots.

 Interjections here refers to the word “carrots”, the function of these

interjection are these:

Oh: referent selection

Ah: memory success

Well: word approximation

Say: exemplification

In 1, “oh” indicates the speaker has stopped to pick out carrots as just one

of several possibilities he could mention. In 2, “ah” indicates that the speaker had

forgotten and he just managed to remember what it was that John would like. In 3,

the well indicates that the speaker thinks that carrots are only an approximate

description of what John would like. In 4, the say indicates that the speaker is

giving an example of John would like. In other instances, say could mean instead

“let’s imagine”. Finally, consider these two examples:

a. John would like // carrots.

b. John would like, uh, carrots.

A silent pause in (a) and the filled pause in (b) lead to still other

interpretations of why the speaker has stopped, but these are not nearly so specific

as the other interjections. Thus speakers use interjections when they seem it

important to let the listener know just why they are pausing (Clark, 1977:270).

8. Stutters

Chaer (2003: 153) states that stutters is speeches or utterances that are

choked again, after several seconds the speaker can finish then utterances that

he/she wants to say (intended utterances). The speaker can utter the first syllable
repeatedly but difficult to continue the next syllable so he/she only say the first

letter of the next syllable.

For example:

- Turn on the h-h-h-heater switch

Stuttering known as (stammering in the UK and scientifically known as

dysphemia) is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by

prolongations, repetitions, and blocks of sounds, syllables, words or phrases).

The term “stuttering” is most commonly associated with involuntary

sound repetition, but it also encompasses the abnormal hesitation or pausing

before speech, referred to by stutterers as blocks, and the prolongation of certain

sounds, usually vowels. Much of what constitutes “stuttering” cannot be observed

by the listener: This includes such things as sound and word fears, situational

fears, anxiety, tension, shame, and a feeling of “loss of control” during speech.

The emotional state of the individual who stutters in response to the stuttering

often constitutes the most difficult aspect of the disorder.

9. Slips of the tongue

That is said to have occurred when the speakers actual utterance differs in

some way from the intended utterance. This is the kind of speech errors that we

will discuss it in the next part.

2. 2 Slips of the Tongue

 The scientific analysis of speech errors, commonly called “slips of the

tongue”. Slips of the tongue occur within and across word boundaries, but

typically take place within the same phrase.

2. 2. 1 Definition of Slips of the Tongue

According to Fromklin (in Clark, 1977:273), slips of the tongue is said to

have occurred when the speaker’s actual utterance differs in some way from the

intended utterance. It involves unintentional movement, addition, deletion,

blending, or substitution of material within an utterance and can be phonological,

morphological, lexical or syntactic. It is not the product of intentional

ungrammaticality, ignorance, language play, or motor dysfluencies. The sentences

below are the example of slips of the tongue:

1. He don’t work for City Auto anymore

2. It’s mean that…….

All two examples above are seems right, but actually wrong. For the first

example, the right one is doesn’t or does not, not don’t, due it is the third person.

For the second example, the right one is it means, not its mean. Both examples are

simple and common mistakes happened in our daily speaking.

Freud was the first person to pay serious attention about these slips of the

tongue as psychological data. He gave such slips the more scientific sounding

name of parapraxes and subsumed subsumed them to his hypothesis of physic

determinism. He believed that every slip was a consequence of deeper

unconscious motivations that were allowed expression through such errors. On

other words, nothing in mental life is accident according to Freud: Everything is

determined by deeper motivations. We acknowledge his theory when we call such

errors” Freudian slips”.

Freud (in Carroll, 1985:255) proposed that when some body misspeaks, it is

an accidental expression of repressed thoughts or feelings. Freud would argue that

slips of the tongue were never accidents that they always revealed some

underlying unconscious or repressed need or impulse. Freud’s theory suggests that

this professor’s slip of the tongue arouse because of some suppressed impulse or

intention on the part of professor. In Freud’s mind, this verbal slip could not have

been accidental or based on any explanation other than the indispensable

condition of suppression he had proposed. Furthermore, this suppression of intent

or impulse which they made the cornerstone of all slips of the tongue could

operate at three different levels. On one the suppression could be conscious and

deliberate, on another the suppression can be identified afterward by the person

who made the slip but was not intended beforehand, and at the deepest level the

person absolutely denies the suppression. For Freudians, it really doesn’t matter

what level the person who has made a slip of the tongue is operating at. For them

in all cases the slip is the result of the conflict between two forces-the underlying

unacceptable need and the tendency to keep it hidden.

In other hand, slip of the tongue has different definition. According to Dell,

(2005) who states that Freudian slips do not exist but rather are related to the

speech patterns of aphasic patients. Aphasia is caused by brain damage and

characterized by an inability to speak or comprehend, Dell explained. In other

words when people with aphasia speak, they make many errors.
2. 2. 2 Types of Slips of the Tongue

The commonest types of slips of the tongue are listed below:

1. Anticipations

Anticipations occur when a later segment takes the place of an earlier

segment. They differ from shifts in that the segment that intrudes on another also

remains in its correct location and thus is used twice (Carroll, 1986:254).

For examples:

Take my bike
bake my bike

Also share
alsho share

Tab stops
tap stobs ([^Voiced])

Consider anticipations, for example take my bike
bake my bike, the

speaker intended to say take my bike, but said instead bake my bike, “anticipating”

the b at the beginning of bike in his pronunciation of take, (the arrow means “was

mispronounced as”). In this example take is said to be the target word, but bike is

said to be the origin of the error (since that is where the b came from). For

anticipations the tongue-slip comes before the origin. Based on Fromkin, 1973 (in

Clark, 1977:274).

2. Perseverations

Perseverations occur when an earlier segment replaces a later item or it

comes after the origin. Carroll (1986:254).

For examples:

-“He pulled a pantrum” for the intended utterance “He pulled a tantrum”

-“John gave the goy a ball” for the intended utterance “John gave the boy a ball”
 The speaker intended to say” pulled a tantrum”, but he said instead “pulled

a pantrum” the speaker has perseveration the p at the beginning of “pulled” in his

pronunciation of “tantrum”. In this example ”pulled” is said to be the target word

and “tantrum” is said to be the origin of the error since that is where the “p” of

“pulled “ came after the origin (‘tantrum’ became ’pantrum’)(an earlier segment

that is ‘pulled’ replaces a later item).

3. Reversals/exchanges

For reversals, two segments are interchanged, and so the origin of one

error is the target for the other, and vice versa. These errors are also known as

spoonerisms, after William A Spooner, an English clergyman who is reported to

have made such errors often, wittily, but probably deliberately.

For example:

-“Fats and Kodor” for the intended utterance “Katz and Fodor”

-“Fancy getting your model remosed” for the intended utterance “getting your

nose remodeled”

Cited from [Link], there are some examples of exchanges:

1. “Stick in the mud” became “smuck in the tid” (consonant segments

exchange)

2. “Ad hoc” became “odd hack” (vowel segments exchange)

3. “Unanimity” became “unamity” (syllable deleted)

4. “Easily enough” became “easy enoughly” (suffix moved)

5. “Tend to turn out” and “turn to tend out” (words exchange)

 6. “My sister went to the Grand Canyon” became “the Grand Canyon went to

my sister” (whole phrase exchange).

4. Blends

Blend have two target words, here grizzly and ghastly, which the speaker

“blends” together by taking the first half of one and the second half of other

(Carroll, 1986:254). Blends the speaker leaves out a short stretch of speech

(Taylor, 1990:103). For examples:

-Grizzly and ghastly blended into became grastly

-Post toastiest blended into became Posties

According to Carroll (1986:254) blends apparently occurs when more than

one word is being considered and the two intended items “fuse” or “blend” into a

single item.

For examples:

That child is looking to be “spaddled”. The word “spaddled here is from the word

spanked and paddled which are blended together.

5. Shifts/Misderivations

Shift is one speech segment disappears from its appropriate location and

appears somewhere else (Taylor, 1990:03). According to Fromkin 1973 (in Clark,

1977:274) shifts is the speaker somehow attaches the wrong suffix or prefix to the

word.

For examples:

- “An intervenient node” became “An intervening node”

-She decide to hits it. (Here is became a shift, and the right one is “she decides to

hit it).

There is also morphological errors which is called morpheme shift. For

example:

1.) “I had forgot aboutten it”, for the intended word “I had forgotten about

it”.

2.) “She have many time”, for the intended word “She has many time”.

6. Substitutions

Substitution occur when one segment is replaced by an intruder and differ

from previously described slips in that the source of the intrusion may not be in

the sentence.

For examples:

-Before the place opens. (The right and the more suitable sentence is “before the

place close”)

-“At low speeds it’s too light”, (The right and the more suitable sentence is “at

low speeds is too heavy”)

Fromklin (in Clark, 1977:274) states that in word substitutions, the speaker

produces a word that is wrong, but typically related either semantically or

phonologically to the word intended.

Slips of the tongue also tell us a great deal about the structure and

organization of the mental dictionary.

For examples are in the sentences bellow, which are resembles, but one is more

suitable:

1. He’s going up town and He’s going down town

2. You have too many irons the fire and You have too many irons in the

smoke

3. That’s a horse of another color and That’s a horse of another race

7. Additions

According Carroll (1986:254), addition is additional linguistic material.

The speaker intended to utter the intended utterance; occasionally he/she adds

linguistic material in his/her intended utterance becomes slip. It is typically related

to phonemes, morphemic affixes (prefix and suffix), articles, prepositions,

conjunctions, whole words, or even phrases.

For example:

-I didn’t explain this clarefully enough (carefully enough).

8. Deletions

Deletion is whereas leave something out. The speaker wanted to utter the

intended sentences, yet incidentally he/she leaved out linguistic material. It can be

typically related to phonemes, morphemic affixes (prefix and suffix), articles,

prepositions, conjunctions, whole words, or even in saying his/her intended

utterance.

For example:
-I’ll just get up and mutter intelligibly (unintelligibly).

2. 3 Errors in Articulator Program

There are types of errors occur with a number of different linguistic units.

In some cases, a single phoneme is added, deleted, or moved, but at other times it

may be sequence of phonemes, morphemic affixes and roots, whole words, or

even phrases. As a general rule, errors tend to occur at only one linguistic level

per utterance. That is, when a person clearly says the wrong word, as in

substitutions, the syntactic structure of the sentence, prosodic structure, and

phonological structure remain intact.

2. 3. 1 Unit in the Articulator Program

In comprehension there was need to posit a hierarchy of units, which from

smallest to largest as follows:

- Distinctive features, like voicing.

- Phonetic segments, like [b]

- Syllables, like (bro)

- Words, like [broken]

- Larger constituents like the broken promise

1. Segments and Features

The articulator program must deal in at least phonetic segments, since they

are frequently interchanged in tongue-slips. The argument is this: if words were

indissoluble units, then phonetic segments could not be interchanged as parts of

those units, then phonetic segments could not be interchanged as parts of those

units. Consider the following:

 a. With this ring I thee wed, that is uttered “with this wing I thee red”

b. Left hemisphere, that is uttered “heft hemisphere”

c. Pass out, that is uttered “pat out”

d. David, feed the pooch, that is uttered “David, food the peach”

e. Brake fluid, that is uttered “Blake fruid”

In each case there are two segments interchanged: [r] and [w] in a, [I] and [h]

in [b], [t] and [s] in c, [i] and [u] in d, and [r] and [I] in e. From a alone we might

think that the final product had to consist of genuine. English words: however that

isn’t true in general, although there is some tendency in this direction (Barrs,

Motley, and Mackay, 1975). The segments interchanged can be initial consonants,

as in a and b, final consonants, as in c consonants between vowels (no examples

here), vowels, as in d, and even parts of consonants clusters, as in e. There is little

doubt that phonetic segments are available for switching in the articulator

program.

While speech is divided “horizontally” into phonetic segments, each phonetic

segment is divided “vertically” into distinctive features (like voicing, nasality, and

stridency). There are many striking examples of tongue-slips that indicate that the

articulator program deals with distinctive features too. Consider the following

reversal from Fromkin (in Clark, 1977:276).

- Derry and Chulia, for the intended utterance Terry and Julia

Here what has been reversed are not two intact segments, [t] and [j], but rather

only the voicing of the two segments, [-voice] and [+voice]. Originally, [t] is

voiceless and [j] is voiced. In the reversal, [t] is voiced to become [d], and [j] is
deprived of its voicing to become [c]. In all other respects the two consonants

have remained unchanged. Articulator program reversal of [-voice] and [+voice]

is evident in this example too.

- Glear plue sky, for the intended utterance Clear blue sky

There are many examples of other features being anticipated, perseverated,

and reversed as well. Thus, as Fromkin argue, the articulator program must have

these distinctive features, these vertical components of the phonetic segments,

available as units. If phonetic segments were programmed as indissoluble units,

these switches in features could never have occurred.

2. Syllables

The syllable is the next obvious unit. Reversals of segments almost always

take place between the “homologues” parts of two syllables. The first consonant

of one syllable gets interchanged with the first, not final, consonant of another,

and so on. Fromkin gives as example of these within-word reversals:

- Harp –si-chord, became carp-si-hord.

- A-ni-mal, became a-mi-nal.

In both examples the two segments that reverse are first in the syllable (where

the syllables are separated by hyphens). In all the reversals given earlier, the

segments reversed were also of homologues pats of syllables. The syllable must

therefore be part of the articulator program, for it specifies which segments can be

anticipated, perseverated, or reversed and which segments cannot.

3. Larger Units

Whole words are involved in anticipations, perseverations, and reversals

too, as in these examples from Fromkin (1973):

 - A gas of tank, for the intended sentence a tank of gas.

- A purse for every lighter, for the intended sentence a lighter for every

purse.

- Dinner is being served at wine, for the intended sentence Wine is being

served at dinner.

So, the articulator program deals at least in words. But as Fromkin (1971) has

argued, it must handle larger units as well. For gas and tank to have been reversed

in the first example, they must both have been present in the articulator program

at the time of reversal. What were there were the rudiments of tank of gas, a

constituent, or probably a tank of gas, also a constituent. As a collection of such

examples shows, the origin and target words are almost invariably in the same

constituent, usually both stressed, and within six or seven words of each other.

The general conclusion, then, is that the articulator program handles constituents

no more than six or seven words in length. This conclusion that constituents of

this size are the main units of planning and execution.

2.4 Factors in Slips of the Tongue

Before executing an utterance, we must plan what we are going to say. A

speaker build up a general structure for the discourse, form a skeleton for the

sentence to be uttered and select words to fit the skeleton constituent by

constituent. In speaking people take already formulated plan and execute them.

But not all goes well in everyday speech. In practice they have fundamental

problems. First, they have formulated their plans fully before they begin their

execution. For this reason they often speak in fast and start and make variety of
speech errors. Second, in final preparation for execution, they must build an

“articulator program”, a plan in working memory that tells the articulator muscles

what to do them.

Clark and Clark (1977) say that planning takes time and more time on

some occasions than others. The more difficult the planning, the more time it

should take and the more likely speech itself will be disrupted. On speech errors,

planning can become from cognitive reasons, anxiety, and social reasons.

1. Cognitive Difficulty

The first factor of planning difficulty is called cognitive difficulty. Taylor

in Clark and Clark (1977) conducted a study in which people were asked to

produce as quickly as possible a sentence on a topic like “car, joy, kaleidoscope,

and dominance”. Some of these are concrete objects (car and kaleidoscope) and

others are abstract (joy and dominance). It took people longer to produce the first

word of the sentence from an abstract than from the concrete one. It took them

longer to develop a sentence skeleton for an abstract topic –to think of anything to

say at all. At the level of word selection, hesitation should appear when the

speaker has difficulty finding just the right word.

2. Situational Anxiety

Situational anxiety is the second factor of slips of the tongue. When we

talk about topics that we are anxious about, we tend to produce more silent pauses

and certain other speech errors. One possibility is that anxiety disrupts the

planning and execution processes generally. Speaker becomes tense and their

planning and execution become less efficient. Another possibility is that what

people talk about when they are anxious is simply more difficult cognitively. It
may be very difficult to verbalize the abstract anxiety states they want to express

and they spend more time planning, groping, for just the right words. Under this

alternative anxiety, pauses have the same source as the pauses of any other

cognitively difficult talk.

3. Social Factors

The last factor which influences slips of the tongue is the social factors.

Under the pressure of conversations, speaker must make clear whether they still

have something to say or they are finished. Not all speakers are alike in the speech

errors they produce. As Maclay and Osgood (in Clark and Clark:159) found that

some people consistently go to Uh route, with more silent than silent pauses,

while others go their silent way, with more silent than filled pauses. Some prefer

repeats to false starts, while others prefer false starts to repeats. Each of us

apparently has a style, a small battery of strategies for overcoming our limited

ability to plan and execute at the same time. Some are simply more fluent than

others.

Wirawan (in Harian Seputar Indonesia No. 315/ I Sunday 14th May 2006)

explains that speech errors can be caused by low self confidence and the

environment factors which in this case is family.

2. 5 Previous Study

The same study and research about slips of the tongue and speech errors had

been conducted by Warren (1986). He has observed about slips of the tongue in

very young children. His research has investigated the difference in the frequency

with which adults and young children make slips of the tongue. The slips analyzed
were taken from two corpora of speech. The first consist of the speech of one

child in interaction with her mother, the second corpus consist of the speech of

eight children in interaction with their teacher. The result suggests that young

children make significantly fewer slips than do adults. This finding is consistent

with a psychoanalytic understanding of slips --i.e., those young children should

make fewer slips because they are less inclined to suppress and repress ideas and

impulses.

Jeager (1995) has observed kid’s slip in Young Children’s Slips of The

Tongue as Evidence for Language Development. Once children start making slips

of the tongue, usually from about 18 months of age, they show nearly the same

language behavior as adults. We all laugh when young children make speech

errors “her run is nosing” instead of “her nose is running” or when an impatient

three-year-old waiting for his mother to finish a task says, “Mom, when are you

going to dead? I mean, done?”

Jeager collected a total of 1300 slips of the tongue from three children and

from 35 other children she observed in a day-care-center. All of the children were

between the ages of 18 months and 6 years when slips were collected.

She compared the slips of the tongue she recorded from the children with

the types of speech errors made by adults and found that children make almost the

same types and proportions of slips as adults. The most common errors in both

children and adults are phonological errors.

Poulisse (1999) also conducted a research on slips of the tongue under the

title “Slips of the Tongue: Speech Errors in First and Second Language

Production”. Poulisse observed that one would readily anticipate a much higher
occurrence of slips in L2. Most people would guess twice as many or perhaps

even five times as many slips inL2. His guess was around 10 times more slips in

L2 than in L1. Poulisses’s result, however, outdo the “guesstimate” by far. Two

researchers, working independently, identified 137 L1 slips as opposed to 2000

L2 slip of the tongue in the data. Only slips identified as such by both researchers

are included in the final list of slips.

According to Poulisse, one who is bilingual either on purpose or by

accident often mixes his two languages even though they excel at the same time in

separating the two systems. Many of the L2 slips are L1 based, hence the

inference is that L1, not surprisingly, influences L2 speech production.

And the most recent research about it is done by Ni’matur Rahamah

(2005). She focused on the study of slips of the tongue as part of speech errors.

She conducted the research since May 16-16 June 2005. The news taken as the

data was news about general election in Indonesia. After conducting the research,

she found many utterances that can be categorized as slips of the tongue. She

classified the slips of the tongue which were found in Liputan 6 SCTV into six

categories, they were anticipations, deletions, additions, blend, shift, and

substitutions. While the other two kinds of slips of the tongue, that is

perseveration, and exchange were not found in Liputan 6 SCTV. However, the

most dominant one was substitutions because it appeared frequently.

As a conclusion of the previous studies above, most recent researches

about slips of the tongue deal with young children, first and second language

acquisition and have never dealt with English as a foreign language. Therefore,
the focus on slips of the tongue in English as a foreign language is important to be

researched.
 CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHOD

This chapter discusses the method of the research, it relates to the research

design, sources of data, research instrument, data collection, and data analysis

3. 1 Research Design

The researcher uses qualitative design as it is a method of analyzing and

collecting the data. Ary (1972: 295) states that the descriptive research studies are

designed to obtain information concerning the current status of the phenomenon

and are directed toward determining the nature of a situation as it exists at the

time of the study. The research is designed in descriptive qualitative research,

because its purpose is to describe the slips of the tongue in the speaking class of

English Letters and Language Department students of UIN Malang.

3. 2 Source of Data

The data of this research are taken from the utterance produced by the

students of English Letters and Language Department of UIN Malang in their

speaking class. This research is done in third semester speaking class since

September till November 2007, and the purpose of this research is to describe the

kinds of slips of the tongue that happened and the kinds of slips of the tongue

most happened in the speaking class of English Letters and Language Department

students of UIN Malang.

3. 3 Research Instrument

The instrument used in conducting this research is human instrument, that

is the researcher himself. He is the main instrument for collecting and analyzing

the data. In addition, taking a note was also needed in this study because it helped

the researcher to describe the data.

3. 4 Data Collection

To get the original and valid data, the researcher used the following steps:

Firstly, the researcher followed the speaking class of English Letters and

Language Department Students of UIN Malang and observed every word uttered

by the students. Secondly, while observing, he also recorded all utterances that

were spoken by the students. Taking note was also done to record context of

utterances. Thirdly, the researcher transcribed every word or sentence uttered by

the students. Fourthly, the researcher selected the utterances that are related to the

types of slips of the tongue. Finally, the researcher arranged the data which are

appropriate with the problem of the research.

3. 5 Data Analysis

The researcher used some steps in analyzing the data. Firstly, the

researcher identifies and arranged the data which belong to eight types of slips of

the tongue. Secondly, he described and discussed the findings by relating to the

theory. Finally, he made the general conclusion by relating to the theory.

 CHAPTER IV
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

In this chapter, the finding and discussion are presented in two sections,

the first is data presentation and analysis, and the second is discussion.

4.1 Data Presentation and Analysis

These data were taken from several utterances of the English Letters and

Language Department students of UIN Malang in third semester speaking class in

which speech errors were found. These data was taken from 15th September 2007

until 24th November 2007. There are 27 data related to the types of slips of the

tongue. The findings are presented as the following:

( 1 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 15th September 2007 Time : 07.00 – 08.10 am

Speaker : An Class: C Place : B 109

Title : Describing people

I think he is a calm students, tall, clever, smart and a good

student……………………

The context of the utterances above is about describing people. The

student is asked to explain descriptively about another student who is standing in

front of the class.

The word “ students “ belongs to slip of the tongue, because the student

who is standing in front of the class is only one. In this case, the speaker added an

alphabet “ s “ in the word “ student “ till became “ students “. The right one of
this word should be “ student “. This type of slip refers to the seventh type of slips

of the tongue that is additions.

( 2 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 15th September 2007 Time : 07.00 – 08.10

am

Speaker : El Class: C Place : B 109

Title : Describing people

According to me he is a handsome boy, tall, clean, have the dark hair and

he is good I think………………

The context of the utterances above is about describing people. The

student is asked to explain descriptively about another student who is standing in

front of the class.

The word “ have “ belongs to slip of the tongue. On the text above, the

word “ have “ refers to “ he “. The right one should be “ has “ following the third

person singular. This type of slip refers to the fifth type of slips of the tongue that

is shifts or misderivations.

( 3 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 15th September 2007 Time : 07.00 – 08.10 am

Speaker : Za Class: C Place : B 109

Title : Describing people

He is white face skin, but his hand is black………

The context of the utterances above is about describing people. The

student is asked to explain descriptively about another student who is standing in

front of the class.

 In this utterance, the word “is” and “black” belong to slips of the tongue.

The word “ is “ should be replaced by “ has “, because the word “ white face

skin” is the possessive of “ he “. This type of slip refers to the fifth kind of slips of

the tongue that is shifts/misderivations. For the second word “ black “, the speaker

intended to say “ brown” but she said “ black”. This type of slip refers to the

sixth type of slips of the tongue that is substitution.

( 4 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 15th September 2007 Time : 07.00 – 08.10 am

Speaker : Ni Class: C Place : B 109

Title : Describing people

For the first time I see, I think he is a good boy, a silenter no much talking,

handsome…………………

The context of the utterances above is about describing people. The

student is asked to explain descriptively about another student who is standing in

front of the class.

The word “ silenter “ belongs to slip of the tongue. The speaker said it for

the intended word a person who keeps silent and this is wrong in suffix. The right

word is “ silencer ”. This kind of slip refers to the fifth type of slips of the tongue

that is shifts or misderivations.

( 5 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 15th September 2007 Time : 07.00 – 08.10 am

Speaker : La Class: C Place: B 109

Title : Describing people

 I think he is enough handsome, cleaver, tall, a good student, clean

and………………….

The context of the utterances above is about describing people. The

student is asked to explain descriptively about another student who is standing in

front of the class.

The word “ enough handsome “ belongs to slip of the tongue. In this word,

two segments are interchanged and this is wrong (words exchange). The right

word should be “ handsome enough “. This kind of slip refers to the third kinds of

slips of the tongue that is reversals or exchanges.

( 6 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 29th September 2007 Time : 07.00 – 08.10 am

Speaker : Fi Class: C Place: B 109

Title : ( No Title, Free Class )

How if we make a small discussions…………………………

The context of this utterance happened when the teacher explained about

some topics of discussion and asked the student to give comment and suggestion.

The word “ discussions “ belongs to slip of the tongue. In this case, the

speaker added an alphabet “ s “ in the word “ discussion “ which actually shown

the singular form. It is signed by the word “ a small “ which should be followed

by “ discussion”. This kind of slip refers to the seventh type of slips of the

tongue that is additions.

( 7 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 07.40 – 07.50 am

Speaker : Ly Place : B 109

Title : The secret Garden

 There are a secret garden beside this B hall …………………

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ there are ” belongs to slip of the tongue. There is only one

garden besides B hall, then, the right word should be “ there is “. This kind of slip

refers to the fifth type of slips of the tongue that is shifts or misderivations.

( 8 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 07.40 – 07.50 am

Speaker : Ly Place : B 109

Title : The secret Garden

When I see this garden, it beautiful and unclean

around…………………....... The context of this utterance is when the teacher

asked the students to make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The

students were asked to go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ beautiful ” belongs to slip of the tongue. The speaker said it

for the intended word “ bad “. The right one of this word should be “ bad ”,

because the garden is not clean. This kind of slip refers to the sixth type of slips of

the tongue that is substitutions.

( 9 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 07.40 – 07.50 am

Speaker : Ar Place : B 109

Title : The secret Garden

 When you are walking beside this hall, easy enoughly to see

it……………….

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ easy enoughly “ belongs to slip of the tongue. In this case, the

speaker added the suffix “ ly “ in the word “ enough “ which is incorrect. The

right word should be “ it is easy enough “. This type of slip refers to the seventh

type of slips of tongue that is additions.

( 10 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 07.40 – 07.50 am

Speaker : Ar Place : B 109

Title : The secret Garden

In the garden, there are many flowers and the small coconut tree

……………..

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ small coconut tree “ belongs to slip of the tongue. The speaker

said it for the intended word “ palm tree ”. Then, the right one of this word should

be “ small palm tree “. This type of slip refers to the sixth type of slips of the

tongue that is substitutions.

( 11 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 07.40 – 07.50 am

Speaker : Li Place : B 109

Title : The secret Garden

It’s mean that we ought to keep our environment around……………………

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ Its mean” belongs to slip of the tongue. In this word, one

segment disappears from its appropriate location and appears somewhere else,

that is between the word “ its “ and the word “ mean “. The right one of this word

should be “ it means “. This type of slip refers to the fifth type of slips of the

tongue that is shifts or misderivations.

( 12 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 07.50 – 08.00 am

Speaker : Wi Place : B 109

Title : The beggar

Everyday there is a old beggar in front of our

campus……..………………..

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ a old “ belongs to slip of the tongue. In this case, the speaker

attaches the wrong article “ a “ in the word “ old “. The article “ a “ is must be

consonant alphabet after and “ an “ is for the vocal alphabet after. Then, the right
one of this word should be “ an old “. This kind of slip refers to the fifth type of

slips of the tongue that is shifts or misderivations.

( 13 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 07.50 – 08.00 am

Speaker : Wi Place : B 109

Title : The beggar

Usually the beggar are man, woman, or both are manwoman

together……………………….

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ manwoman “ belongs to slip of the tongue. The word “ man “

and “woman “ cannot blended together. The right word, they should be separated

by a conjunction “and”, “ man and woman “. This kind of slip refers to the fourth

type of slips of the tongue that is blends.

( 14 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 07.50 – 08.00 am

Speaker : Ls Place : B 109

Title : The beggar

I think they has strategies which made them looks pities

…………………..
 The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ has “ belongs to slip of the tongue. The word “ they “ is not

third person singular, then the right word should be “ have “. This type of slip

refers to the fifth type of slips of the tongue that is shifts/ misderivations.

( 15 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 07.50 – 08.00 am

Speaker : Ls Place : B 109

Title : The beggar

I known that they are is not actually a poor man, but they only

pretend…………………………

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

On the utterance above, the word “ I known “, “ is “ and “ a “ belong to

slips of the tongue. The word “ I known “ is leaves something out and incorrect

which should be “ I have known “. This type of slip refers to eighth type of slips

of the tongue that is deletions. For the word “ is “ and “ a “, both refer to the

seventh type of slips of the tongue that is additions. In this case, the speaker added

the word “ is “ and “ a “ after the word “ they are “ which show plural. The right

one is “ they are not actually poor man”.

( 16 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 08.00 – 08.10 am

Speaker : Fa Place : B 109

Title : Around Campus

I felt uncomfortable recent days in this campus caused the dormitory good

view in this campus beside this B hall…………………………………

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ good “ belongs to slip of the tongue. In this case, the speaker

intended to say “ bad “ for the word “ good ”, because it impossible for her to fell

uncomfortable if the view of dormitory is good. Because of the dormitory bad

view, she felt uncomfortable. According to the theory, this type of slip refers to

the sixth type of slips of the tongue that is substitutions.

( 17 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 08.00 – 08.10 am

Speaker : Fa Place : B 109

Title : Around Campus

The clothes and underwear is hang on the window……………………………

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ is “ belongs to slip of the tongue. In this case, one segment

disappears from its appropriate location. Because of clothes and underwear are
plural, the right word uses “ are “. This type of slip refers to the fifth type of slips

of the tongue that is shifts or misderivations.

( 18 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 08.00 – 08.10 am

Speaker : Hi Place : B 109

Title : Around Campus

The place of this dormitories is unsuitable if located in the

campus………………….

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ this “ belongs to slip of the tongue. Which should be “ these “,

referring to some dormitories in the campus. This kind of slip refers to the sixth

type of slips of the tongue that is substitutions. Substitutions occurs when one

segment is replaced by an intruder and differs from previously described slips in

that the source of the intrusion may not be in the sentence.

( 19 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 08.00 – 08.10 am

Speaker : Hi Place : B 109

Title : Around Campus

And also with the environment dormitory which is very unclean and

uncomfortable……………………
 The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ environment dormitory “ belongs to slip of the tongue. Here,

two segments are interchanged ( words exchange ). The right one of this word

should be “ dormitory environment “. This kind of slip refers to the third kind

of slips of the tongue that is reversals or exchanges.

( 20 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 08.00 – 08.10 am

Speaker : Yh Place : B 109

Title : Around Campus

I don’t know why they do not listens our aspiration

before……………………

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ listens “ belongs to slip of the tongue. In this case, the speaker

added an alphabet “ s “ in the word “ listen“ which is wrong in the use of present

tense. This kind of slip refers to the seventh type of slips of the tongue that is

additions.

( 21 ) Day and Date : Saturday, 5th October 2007 Time : 08.00 – 08.10 am

Speaker : Yh Place : B 109

Title : Around Campus

 “ I hope later, the dormitory manager want to build the drying places for

the students in unseen place by the students or people outside………………………”

The context of this utterance is when the teacher asked the students to

make a group discussion that consists of three persons. The students were asked to

go out for ten minutes to look for the topic to be presented.

The word “ unseen “ belongs to slip of the tongue. This word is less

understandable which should be “ unseen able “. This word leaves something out,

then this kind of slip refers to the eighth type of slips of the tongue that is

deletions.

( 22) Day and Date : Saturday, 10th November 2007 Time : 08.03- 08.15 am

Speaker : Ed Place : B109

Title : Choosing someone as a marriage partner

I think the criteria which I think is not same with what is you, what in

your mind, I mean…………………..

The context of this sentence happened when the teacher asked the students

to come in front of the class to tell and explain about their each life partner’s

criteria. The word “ is “ and “ what is you “ belong to slips of the tongue.

The word “ criteria “ is plural, then, the right pair should be “ are “. This type

of slip refers to the fifth type of slips of the tongue that is shifts or misderivations.

For the word “ what is “, the speaker added this word to the word “ you “

which is unnecessary. This type of slip refers to the seventh type of slips of the

tongue that is additions.

( 23) Day and Date : Saturday, 10th November 2007 Time : 07. 54 – 08.02 am

Speaker : Kk Place : B109

Title : Choosing someone as a marriage partner

An handsome and responsible man that I want ……………………

The context of this sentence happened when the teacher asked the students

to come in front of the class to tell and explain about their each life partner’s

criteria.

The word “ an handsome “ belongs to slip of the tongue. In this case, the

speaker used the article “ an “ in the word “ handsome “ which is incorrect. The

correct article is “ a “. This kind of slip refers to the fifth type of slips of the

tongue that is shifts or misderivations.

( 24) Day and Date : Saturday, 10th November 2007 Time : 07. 32 – 07.43 am

Speaker : Rn Place : B109

Title : Choosing someone as a marriage partner

The first is from it physical attraction…………………………………..

The context of this sentence happened when the teacher asked the students

to come in front of the class to tell and explain about their each life partner’s

criteria. The word “ it “ belongs to slip of the tongue. “. In this case, the

speaker used the word “ it “ that refers to “ he / she “. This is incorrect and the

right one should be “ from her / his physical attraction “. This type of slip

refers to the fifth type of slips of the tongue that is shifts or misderivations.
( 25) Day and Date : Saturday, 10th November 2007 Time : 07. 44 – 07.53 am

Speaker : Ly Place : B109

Title : Choosing someone as a marriage partner

We must be carefuls to choose our life

partner……........................................
The context of this sentence happened when the teacher asked the students

to come in front of the class to tell and explain about their each life partner’s

criteria.

The word “ carefuls “ belongs to slip of the tongue. In this case, the

speaker added an alphabet “ s “ in the word “ careful “. The right word should be

“ careful “. This type of slip refers to the seventh type of slips of the tongue that is

addition.

( 26) Day and Date : Saturday, 10th November 2007 Time : 07. 27 – 07.32 am

Speaker : Yh Place : B109

Title : Choosing someone as a marriage partner

I hope she is beauty, smart and uses spectacles……………………

The context of this sentence happened when the teacher asked the students

to come in front of the class to tell and explain about their each life partner’s

criteria.

The word “ beauty “ belongs to slip of the tongue. The speaker intended to

say “ beautiful “, but he leaves something out. This type of slip refers to the eighth

type of slips of the tongue that is deletions.

( 27) Day and Date : Saturday, 10th November 2007 Time : 07. 20 – 07.27 am

Speaker : Fr Place : B109

Title : Choosing someone as a marriage partner

 Choosing the life partner is not easy as what we thinking and

see…………….……….

The context of this sentence happened when the teacher asked the

students to come in front of the class to tell and explain about their each life

partner’s criteria.

The word “ thinking “ belongs to slip of the tongue. In this case, the

speaker added the suffix “ ing “ in the word “think “. The right one is “ as what we

think “. This type of slip refers to the seventh type of slips of the tongue that is

additions.

4.2 Discussion

This section elaborates the discussion on the findings which have been

presented in the previous section. The slips of the tongue found in the data are

discussed in relation with Carroll’s theory of slip of the tongue.

Slips of the tongue has 8 types, they are: anticipations, perseverations,

reversals/ exchanges, blends, shifts/misderivations, substitutions, additions and

deletions. This research only found 6 types from 8 types of slips of the tongue,

they are: reversals/exchanges, blends, shifts/misderivations, substitutions,

additions and deletions.

Anticipations and perseverations were not found in this speaking class of

English Letters and Language Department students of UIN Malang. The

following section discusses each of the types found:

1. Reversals/exchanges.

According to the theory, reversals happen when two segments are

interchanged, and so the origin of one error is the target for the other, and vice

versa. Carroll (1986:254) says that exchanges are, in effect, double shifts, in

which two linguistic units exchange places.

Based on the findings, there are 2 data related to reversals/exchanges. Those are:

1. enough handsome
Handsome Enough ( Data 6 )

2. environment dormitory
Dormitory Environment ( Data 21 )

In this research, the two segments interchanged are between adjective and

adjective (enough handsome) and between noun and noun (environment

dormitory), these are called words exchanges.

2. Blends

According to Carroll (1986:254) blend apparently occurs when more than

one word is being considered and the two intended items “fuse” or “blend” into a

single item. He also said that blends have two target words, here grizzly and

ghastly, which the speaker “blends” together by taking the first half of one and the

second half of other (Carroll, 1986:254). Taylor (1990:103) said that blends the

speaker leaves out a short stretch of speech.

Based on the research above, the researcher found 1 data related to blends. Those

are:

1. manwoman
man and woman ( Data 14 )

 In this research, the two words that blended together into single word is

only between noun and noun ( manwoman ), the right word should be “ man and

woman “.

3. Shifts/ Misderivations

Shift is one speech segment disappears from its appropriate location and

appears somewhere else (Taylor, 1990:03). Fromkin 1973 (in Clark, 1977:274)

says that shift is the speaker somehow attaches the wrong suffix or prefix to the

word.

Based on the research above, the researcher found 11 data related to

Shifts/Misderivations. Those are:

1. He is a handsome boy, tall, clean, have the dark hair
He is a

handsome boy, tall, clean, has the dark hair

( Data 2 )

2. He is white face skin
He has white face skin ( Data 3 )

3. Silenter
Silencer ( Data 5 )

4. There are a secret garden
There is a secret garden ( Data 8 )

5. It’s Mean
It means ( Data 12 )

6. A old beggar
An old beggar ( Data 13 )

7. They has strategies
They have strategies ( Data 15 )

8. The clothes and underwear is hang on the window
The clothes and

underwear are hang on the window ( Data 19 )

9. The criteria which I think is not same
The criteria which I think are

not same ( Data 24 )

10. An handsome
A handsome ( Data 26 )

 11. From it physical attraction
From her/his physical attraction

( Data 27 )

In this research, shifts are in wrong article (a old beggar and an

handsome), wrong in suffix (a silenter ), disappears from its appropriate location

and appears somewhere else ( it’s mean ) and wrong in attaching word or what we

call as morpheme shifts (He is a handsome boy, tall, clean, have the dark hair, He

is white face skin, there are a secret garden, they has strategies, the clothes and

underwear is hang on the window, the criteria which I think is not same and from

it physical attraction ).

4. Substitutions

Substitution occurs when one segment is replaced by an intruder and

differs from previously described slips in that the source of the intrusion may not

be in the sentence.

For examples:

- Before the place opens. (The right and the more suitable sentence is “before the

place close”).

Fromklin (in Clark, 1977:274) states that in word substitutions, the speaker

produces a word that is wrong, but typically related either semantically or

phonologically to the word intended.

Based on the research above, the researcher found 5 data related to

Substitutions. Those are:

1. his hand is black
his hand is brown/dark color ( Data 4 )

2. it beautiful and unclean around
it bad and unclean around( Data 9 )

 3. small coconut tree
small palm tree ( Data 10 )

4. dormitory good view
Dormitory bad view ( Data 18 )

5. this dormitory
These dormitory ( Data 20 )

In this research, substitutions are occurred in noun substitutions ( his hand

is black for the intended word his hand is brown/dark color and small coconut

tree for the intended word small palm tree ) and adjective substitutions ( it

beautiful and unclean around for the intended word it bad and unclean around,

this dormitory for the intended word these dormitory and dormitory good view for

the intended word dormitory bad view ).

5. Additions

According Carroll (1986:254), addition is additional linguistic material.

The speaker intended to utter the intended utterance; occasionally he/she adds

linguistic material in his/her intended utterance becomes slip. It is typically related

to phonemes, morphemic affixes (prefix and suffix), articles, prepositions,

conjunctions, whole words, or even phrases.

Based on the research above, the researcher found 8 data related to

additions. Those are:

1. a calm students
a calm student ( Data 1 )

2. a small discussions
a small discussion ( Data 7 )

3. easy enoughly
easy enough ( Data 10)

4. they are is not actually a poor man
they are not actually poor man

( Data 17 )

5. do not listens
do not listen ( Data 22 )

 6. with what is you
with you ( Data 25 )

7. carefuls
careful ( Data 28 )

8. as what we thinking
as what we think ( Data 30 )

In this research, additions are occurred in suffix additions ( easy enoughly

and as what we thinking), conjunction additions ( they are is not actually and with

what is you ), preposition addition ( a poor man ) and phoneme additions ( a calm

students, carefuls, do not listens and a small discussions ).

6. Deletions

Deletion is whereas leave something out. The speaker wanted to utter the

intended sentences, yet incidentally he/she leaved out linguistic material. It can be

typically related to phonemes, morphemic affixes (prefix and suffix), articles,

prepositions, conjunctions, whole words, or even in saying his/her intended

utterance.

Based on the research above, the researcher found 3 data related to

deletion. Those are:

1. I known
I have known ( Data 16 )

2. unseen
unseen able ( Data 23 )

3. beauty
beautiful ( Data 29 )

In this research, deletions are in noun deletion ( I known, the right word

should be I have known ) and adjective deletions ( unseen for the understandable

word unseen able and beauty for the intended word beautiful ).

Based on the result analysis from September till November 2007, the case

of slips of the tongue that most happened in September is shifts/ misderivations

(3data), followed by additions (2 data), substitutions and exchanges (1 data). In

October, the case of slips of the tongue that most happened is

shifts/misderivations (6 data), followed by substitutions (4 data), additions

(3 data), blends, reversals/exchanges and deletions (1 data). In November, the case

of slips of the tongue that most happened is additions and shifts/misderivations

(3 data), and deletions (1 data). Then, for the general conclusion, most of case of

slips of the tongue happened in the speaking class of English Letters and

Language Department students of UIN Malang from Sepetember till November

2007 is shifts/ misderivations ( 11 data ), followed by additions (8 data ),

substitutions ( 5 data ), deletions ( 3 data ), reversals/exchanges ( 2 data ) and

blends ( 1 data ).
 CHAPTER V
Conclusion and Suggestion

After obtaining and analyzing the data in the previous chapter, the writer

presents the conclusion and suggestion as the last part of this writing. The

conclusion is drawn based on the formulated research questions while suggestion

is intended to give information to the next researchers who are interested in doing

future research in this area.

5.1 Conclusion

In line with the result of analysis, the conclusion of the research can be

formulated as follows:

1. This research found 6 types from 8 types of slips of the tongue, they are:

reversals/exchanges, blends, shifts/misderivations, substitutions, additions and

deletions. Anticipations and perseverations were not found in this speaking class

of English Letters and Language Department students of UIN Malang.

2. Most case of slips of the tongue happened in the speaking class of English

Letters and Language Department students of UIN Malang is shifts/

misderivations ( 11 data ), followed by additions ( 8 data ), substitutions ( 5 data ),

deletions ( 3 data ), reversals/exchanges ( 2 data ) and blends ( 1 data ).

5.2 Suggestion

Firstly, because of the case of slips of the tongue that most happened in the

speaking class is shifts/misderivations, then it is suggested to the students of

English Letters and Language department to improve their speaking skill,

especially in the use of article, affixation and morpheme.

Secondly, for the other researchers who will do research on the same field,

the result of this research may also be useful as a reference for the study of slips

of the tongue.

At last, the researcher suggests the next researcher who will do the research

in the same field of study to analyze different forms using different theory, so that

the result of the research would be comparable.

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 Appendix : Summary of Data Analysis

Correct Type of Slips of

Data Utterances Utterances the Tongue

1. I think he is a calm I think he is a calm Additions

students, tall, clever, student, tall, clever,
smart and a good smart and a good
student student

2. According to me he is a According to me he is a Shifts/

Misderivations
handsome boy, tall, handsome boy, tall,
clean, have the dark clean, has the dark hair
hair and he is good I and he is good I think
think

3. He is white face skin, He has white face skin, Shifts/

Misderivations
but his hand is black but his hand is brown
And
Substitutions

4. For the first time I see, I For the first time I see, I Shifts/
Misderivations
think he is a good boy, think he is a good boy,
a silenter no much a silencer no much
talking, handsome talking, handsome

5. I think he is enough I think he is handsome Reversals/

Exchanges
handsome, cleaver, tall, enough, cleaver, tall, a
a good student, clean good student, clean
and………… and…………
6. How if we make a small How if we make a small Additions
discussions discussion

7. There are a secret There is a secret garden Shifts/

garden beside this B beside this B hall Misderivations
hall

8. When I see this garden, When I see this garden, Substitutions

it beautiful and unclean it bad and unclean
around around

9. When you are walking When you are walking Additions

beside this hall, easy beside this hall, easy
enoughly to see it enough to see it

10. In the garden, there are In the garden, there are Substitutions
many flowers and the many flowers and the
small coconut tree small palm tree

11. It’s mean that we ought It means that we ought Shifts/

Misderivations
to keep our environment to keep our environment
around around

12. Everyday there is a old Everyday there is an Shifts/

beggar in front of our old beggar in front of Misderivations
campus our campus

13. Usually the beggar are Usually the beggar are Blends
man, woman, or both man, woman, or both
are manwoman are man and woman
together together

14. I think they has I think they have Shifts/

Misderivations
strategies which made strategies which made
them looks pities them looks pities
15. I known that they are is I have known that they Deletions
not actually a poor are not actually poor And
man, but they only man, but they only Additions
pretend pretend

16. I felt uncomfortable I felt uncomfortable

Substitutions
recent days in this recent days in this
campus caused the campus caused the
dormitory good view in dormitory good view in
this campus beside this this campus beside this
B hall B hall

17. The clothes and The clothes and Shifts/

Misderivations
underwear is hang on underwear are hang on
the window the window

18. The place of this The place of these Substitutions

dormitories is dormitories is
unsuitable if located in unsuitable if located in
the campus the campus

19. And also with the And also with the Reversals/
Exchanges
environment dormitory dormitory environment
which is very unclean which is very unclean
and uncomfortable and uncomfortable

20. I don’t know why they I don’t know why they Additions
do not listens our do not listen our
aspiration before aspiration before

21. I hope later, the I hope later, the

dormitory manager dormitory manager Deletions
want to build the drying want to build the drying
 places for the students places for the students
in unseen place by the in unseen able place by
students or people the students or people
outside outside

22. I think the criteria I think the criteria Shifts/

Misderivations
which I think is not which I think are not
And
same with what is you, same with you, what in Additions
what in your mind, I your mind, I mean
mean

23. An handsome and A handsome and Shifts/

Misderivations
responsible man that I responsible man that I
want want

24. The first is from it The first is from his / Shifts/

physical attraction her physical attraction Misderivations

25. We must be carefuls to We must be careful to Additions

choose our life partner choose our life partner

26. I hope she is beauty, I hope she is beautiful, Deletions

smart and uses smart and uses
spectacles spectacles

27. Choosing the life Choosing the life Additions

partner is not easy as partner is not easy as
what we thinking and what we think and see
see
 BUKTI KONSULTASI SKRIPSI

Nama Mahasiswa : Djarot Karisman

Nomor Induk Mahasiswa : 03320045
Fakultas : Humaniora dan Budaya
Jurusan : Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Pembimbing : H. Rohmani Nur Indah, M. Pd
Judul Skripsi : A Psycholinguistic Research on Slips of The
Tongue Occurred in The Speaking Class of English
Letters and Language Department Students of UIN
Malang

No. Tanggal Materi Tanda Tangan

1. 20 Februari 2007 Pengajuan Judul dan Outline 1.
2. 20 Maret 2007 Pengajuan Proposal 2.
3. 12 April 2007 Seminar Proposal 3.
4. 10 Mei 2007 Pengajuan Bab I, II dan III 4.
5. 30 Juli 2007 Konsultasi Bab I, II dan III 5.
6. 27 Agustus 2007 Revisi Bab I, II dan III 6.
7. 10 Oktober 2007 ACC Bab I, II dan III 7.
8. 28 Januari 2008 Pengajuan Bab IV & V 8.
9. 25 Februari 2008 Konsultasi Bab IV, V & Abstrak 9.
10. 1 Maret 2008 Revisi Bab IV, V & Abstrak 10.
11. 25 Maret 2008 ACC Bab IV, V & Abstrak 11.
12. 29 Maret 2008 ACC keseluruhan 12.

Malang, 29 Maret 2008

Dekan

Drs. H. Dimjati Ahmadin, M. Pd.

NIP. 150 035 072
 Certificate of the Authorship

The undersigned,

Name : Djarot Karisman

Reg. Number : 03320045

Faculty/Department : Humanities and Culture/English Letters and Language

Certify that the thesis I wrote to fulfill the requirement for the degree of

Sarjana Sastra in English Letters and Language Department, Faculty of

Humanities and Culture, The State Islamic University of Malang entitled " A

Psycholinguistic Research on Slips of the Tongue Occurred in the Speaking Class

of English Letters and Language Department Students of UIN Malang" is truly

my original work. It does not incorporate any materials previously written or

published by another person except those indicated in quotations and

bibliography. Due to this fact, I am the only person responsible for the thesis if

there is any objection or claim from others.

Malang, 29 March 2008

The Researcher,

Djarot Karisman

NIM. 03320045
 CURRICULUM VITAE

A. IDENTITY

Name : Djarot Karisman

Reg. No : 03320045

Date of Birth : 18th of November 1985

Place : Gresik

Sex : Male

Religion : Islam

Hobbies : Sports, Mountain Climbing, Traveling and Reading

Nationality : Indonesia

Address : Jl. Beton Raya no. 81 Perumahan Pongangan Indah

Gresik 61151 Mobile: (0856) 48666246

B. EDUCATION

Elementary School “SDN Pongangan Indah Gresik” (1991-1997).

Junior High School “MTs. Slahung Ponorogo” (1997-2000).

Senior High School “MAN 2 Ponorogo” (2000-2003).

State Islamic University of Malang (2003-2008).

Motto :

“ Think you can, and then you can

& Do the best for the better future “