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  2. Malapropism - Wikipedia

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    According to linguist Jean Aitchison, "The finding that word selection errors preserve their part of speech suggest[s] that the latter is an integral part of the word, and tightly attached to it." [ 10 ] Likewise, substitutions tend to have the same number of syllables and the same metrical structure – the same pattern of stressed and ...

  3. Paraphasia - Wikipedia

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    Neologistic paraphasias, a substitution with a non-English or gibberish word, follow pauses indicating word-finding difficulty. [13] They can affect any part of speech, and the previously mentioned pause can be used to indicate the relative severity of the neologism; less severe neologistic paraphasias can be recognized as a distortion of a real word, and more severe ones cannot.

  4. Substitution (sport) - Wikipedia

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    Like rugby union, gaelic football and hurling both allow an unlimited number of temporary "blood substitutions" (see the rugby union rules below), however, unlike rugby union, GAA rules do not specify a time limit for the temporary substitution. Players who have left the match may not re-enter the game, except to serve as a temporary substitution.

  5. Anomic aphasia - Wikipedia

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    Anomic aphasia, also known as dysnomia, nominal aphasia, and amnesic aphasia, is a mild, fluent type of aphasia where individuals have word retrieval failures and cannot express the words they want to say (particularly nouns and verbs). [1]

  6. Lexical substitution - Wikipedia

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    Lexical substitution is the task of identifying a substitute for a word in the context of a clause. For instance, given the following text: "After the match, replace any remaining fluid deficit to prevent chronic dehydration throughout the tournament", a substitute of game might be given.

  7. Synonymous substitution - Wikipedia

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    Point substitution mutations of a codon, classified by their impact on protein sequence. A synonymous substitution (often called a silent substitution though they are not always silent) is the evolutionary substitution of one base for another in an exon of a gene coding for a protein, such that the produced amino acid sequence is not modified.

  8. 10 Vintage Porcelain Dolls That Are Worth a Fortune

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    With a beautiful lace dress, full cheeks, and heart-shaped lips, she is pretty endearing. 3. 19th Century Antique Jumeau Doll. jferr75161/ebay. Price on eBay: $12,000.

  9. Ersatz good - Wikipedia

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    Ersatz is a German word meaning substitute or replacement. [2] Although it is used as an adjective in English, it is a noun in German. In German orthography noun phrases formed are usually represented as a single word, forming compound nouns such as Ersatzteile ("spare parts") or Ersatzspieler ("substitute player").