Slips of the TONGUE in L2 Learner Speech

Slips of the tongue in L1 speech have been widely studied in detail as they can provide evidence about particular aspects of the speech production process and, in the case of slips produced by children, about language development. However, until now very little research has been done on slips of the tongue in L2 learner speech production, even though L2 slips might well provide evidence of the language development of L2 learners. In this paper I would like to present the results of a part of my MA thesis, in which I investigated whether claims about slips of the tongue in L1 speech production are also valid for L2 learner speech, and what they mean for the language development of L2 learners.