An Analysis of the Freudian Slip and Errors in Speech Communication

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Oct 1972

An Analysis of the Freudian Slip and Errors in Speech Communication

Richard S. Ruch

Abstract

The Freudian slip is a common, yet little understood, phenomenon of speech communication. Though we can usually identify a slip easily, most of us are unfamiliar with how, why, and where the slip occurs. In all of his writings Freud never addressed himself to the Freduian slip per se. It is the Freudian account of id drive, however, that allows us to establish a working definition of the Freudian slip and investigate the differences between the slip and errors in speech. The central purpose of this article is to attempt to formulate a theory of the Freudian slip and speech errors in the context of the information theory model.

Journal: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published: 1972-10-01
DOI: 10.2190/bwuw-98r5-m0k6-p8t5
Topics: multimodality

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