What is word salad?
Q: What is word salad?
A: Word salad is language with meaningless, scrambled words.
Q: When is word salad most often used?
A: 'Word salad' is most often used for a symptom of a neurological or mental disorder.
Q: Are the words used in word salad grammatically correct?
A: The words in word salad may or may not be grammatically correct.
Q: What is the key thing about word salad?
A: The key thing about word salad is that a listener cannot get any meaning from it.
Q: In what fields is the term "word salad" often used?
A: The term "word salad" is often used in psychiatry and theoretical linguistics to describe language which native speakers judge is meaningless.
Q: Can a person with a neurological disorder produce word salad unintentionally?
A: Yes, a person with a neurological disorder can produce word salad unintentionally.
Q: Is word salad only associated with neurological or mental disorders?
A: Yes, word salad is most often associated with neurological or mental disorders.
