The present paper aims to examine the directionality of phonological and lexical errors in Mandarin Chinese by looking at 1,600 slips of tongues. It has found that anticipations were prominent in lexical errors and perseverations were supreme in phonological errors. Such a discrepancy may be due to the pre-planning behavior and the influence of perseverative tone-rules. The data suggests that a spreading activation model will provide a better explanation in accounting for the directionality issue.
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