1. Mid-­‐Sentential Pausing: The Effects of a Shortened Processing Time
By Joshua Cauley
INT 492, Spring 2017
Introduction
There is a negative stigma about a longer processing time.
Findings
Limitations
Cannot see Deaf audience members in the video, so it is unknown what their language needs are.
Research Question
Does waiting for a full chunk of information reduce the number of mid-sentential pausing?
Different preachers, meaning different styles of presenting.
Measurement of a “chunk” is variable between people.
Literature Review
Longer processing time reduces errors (Cokely, 1986)
Only three minutes analyzed of each video
Recommendations
Relates to chunking strategies while interpreting (Ham, 1999).
Utilizing ELAN for the analysis
Consecutive interpreting creates a more dynamic equivalent message (Russell, 2005)
Analyzing the source language first, and then the interpreter’s work
Discussion
Interpreters did not give themselves enough processing time.
A controlled setting to set up when the interpreter can start to interpret a source to test different processing levels.
Methodology
4 videos of 4 interpreters – Various experience
Less mid-sentential pausing when there was longer processing time.
Conclusion
Three interpreters had four mid-sentential pauses, one interpreter, who was also a student had five mid-sentential pauses.
Same setting – Church
Data collected seem to support the idea waiting for a full chunk of information reduces mid-sentential pausing while interpreting.
5 interpreting processing levels: Lexical, Lexical/Phrasal, Phrasal, Sentential, Conceptual.
References
Cokely, D. (1986). The effects of lag time on interpreter errors. Sign Language Studies, 53(1),
Ham, S. H. (1999). Cognitive psychology and interpretation: synthesis and application. In E. Hooper-Greenhill (Ed). The educational role of the museum. Psychology Press.
The closer to the lexical level, more mid-sentential pausing occurs.
Notating when mid- sentential pausing occurs
Russell, D. (2005). Chapter 6 consecutive and simultaneous interpreting. In T. Janzen. (Ed.). Topics in signed language interpreting: Theory and practice (Vol. 63). John Benjamins Publishing.
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