I'm fascinated by this sort of substitution error when typing. Every once in a while I try to come up with taxonomies of them. The substitution of a similar word for the intended one. The substitution of a more common (but unrelated) word with a similar "opening". The substitution of a homophone in cases where the typist is perfectly conscious of the correct spelling of the intended word. Typing a work that appears later in the intended sentence.
I keep hoping that some cognitive linguist will study the phenomenon (or has done so and it will come to my attention). And I often wonder how this type of error intersects with the typist's degree of typing fluency and/or length of time they've been a fluent typist. I have visions of the neural signals to type words existing as coherent "packages" (rather than a conscious act of thinking about the spelling) and the a trivial "misfiring" connects the intended text with the wrong "packet", but one that has some sort of conceptual connection to the right packet.
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Date: 2023-10-12 04:18 am (UTC)I keep hoping that some cognitive linguist will study the phenomenon (or has done so and it will come to my attention). And I often wonder how this type of error intersects with the typist's degree of typing fluency and/or length of time they've been a fluent typist. I have visions of the neural signals to type words existing as coherent "packages" (rather than a conscious act of thinking about the spelling) and the a trivial "misfiring" connects the intended text with the wrong "packet", but one that has some sort of conceptual connection to the right packet.