🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

parafasia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pa.ra.faˈzi.a

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Paraphasia/ˌpær.əˈφεɪ.ʒə/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La parafasia comporta la sostituzione di parole involontarie."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of language disorder in which a person produces unintended syllables, words, or phrases during speech.

    "The stroke patient experienced severe paraphasia, often saying 'knife' when attempting to ask for a spoon."
  2. 2

    A symptom of aphasia involving the unintentional omission, substitution, or transposition of words or sounds.

    "Her speech therapist noted frequent phonemic paraphasia during the naming exercises."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from New Latin in the late 19th century, combining the Greek prefix 'para-' (beside, abnormal or altered) with 'phasis' (speech), derived from 'phainen' (to speak). It was coined in neurological medicine to describe conditions where speech is altered into unintended words or syllables.

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