Hi Speechkat
what's interesting about the two examples you quote is that (a) they differ, and (b) they are not syllabic spoonerisms.
The 'elephant' example involves the insertion of [p], whereas the 'very' example involves a metathesis of the first two segments.
The inserted [p] could result from confusion over the 'ph' in the spelling if the client has started reading. It also ensures the second syllable starts with low sonority sound as the sonority sequencing principle requires (if one finds the SSP useful). Of course, the 'very' example completely contradicts this!
Without further examples it's difficult to know whether these are just one-off errors with no particular phonological explanation, or whether there is indeed a pattern underlying them. Until we know this, it's difficult to suggest a particular course of action.
Martin J. Ball, PhD, FRSA, FRCSLT
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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... 'syllabic spoonerisms'. For example, as the cognitive and linguisitc load of a sentence increases he will reverse the word 'elephant' to 'elpephant' and 'very' to 'ev-ry'. ...
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