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单词 spoonerism
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spoonerism
noun[C]
language
uk
/ˈspuː.nər.ɪ.zəm/us
/ˈspuː.nɚ.ɪ.zəm/
amistakemade whenspeakingin which the firstsoundsof two words areexchangedwith each other toproducea notintendedand usuallyfunnymeaning:
首音误置，首音互换（说话时误将两个单词的首音调换，常会造成滑稽效果）
TheReverendWilliam Spooner used toproducespoonerisms such as "ascoopofboytrouts"insteadof what hemeantto say - "atroopofboyscouts".威廉•斯普纳牧师过去说话时常将首音误置，如本来想说 a troop of boy scouts，却说成 a scoop of boy trouts。
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(Definition ofspoonerismfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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The conclusion from both studies is that the standard scoring of thespoonerismtask significantly underestimates dyslexic children's competence with onset - rime segmentation.
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A large proportion of the erroneous responses is apparently due to the high memory and monitoring demands of thespoonerismtask.
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However, with respect to extra task demands, thespoonerismtask appears much more complex than either the vowel substitution or the nonword spelling task.
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The rescored performance of thespoonerismtask was contrasted with performance on a nonword spelling task.
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One argument would be that the more demandingspoonerismtask revealed phonemic awareness deficits that were masked by the easier vowel substitution and nonword spelling tasks.
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One may reason that even the rescoredspoonerismresponses may underestimate dyslexic children's segmental abilities: producing even one response word correct involves more than simply segmenting the two stimulus words.
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Few, if any, of his own spoonerisms were deliberate, and many of those attributed to him are apocryphal.
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Much of practical "sananmuunnos" wordplay revolves around obscene double entendre expressed byspoonerism.
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She uses spoonerisms and malapropisms, is ludicrously self-absorbed and self-righteous, socially awkward, and has a defiant, arrogant attitude.
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The title is aspoonerismof animal liberation and the cover artwork is a reflection of that.
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It often involved playing with language, including humour involving such linguistic items as spoonerisms and double entendres.
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The game's setting features surreal humor, parody, references to popular culture, and word play, most notably thespoonerism.
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The book is largely composed of spoonerisms in rhyming verse.
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This leads to large number of possible spoonerisms.
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He is forgetful and clumsy, mis-speaking often with spoonerisms, and his spells tend to back-fire.
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