Information processing and a computational approach to the study of simultaneous interpretation

Massaro, Dominic W.; Shlesinger, Miriam

doi:10.1075/intp.2.1-2.02mas

Article published In: Interpreting
Vol. 2:1/2 (1997) ► pp.13–53

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Information processing and a computational approach to the study of simultaneous interpretation

Dominic W. Massaro | University of California

Miriam Shlesinger | Bar-Ilan University

Published online: 1 January 1997

https://doi.org/10.1075/intp.2.1-2.02mas

We begin by describing some challenges to psychological inquiry and to the understanding of simultaneous interpretation. We then articulate the computational and hypothesis-testing approach to inquiry, and illustrate a general information-processing model. We discuss some experimental and theoretical studies of language processing carried out within the information-processing approach. We analyze not only behavioral measures of language processing but also its phenomenal experience. We close with a review of two current hypotheses about simultaneous interpreting and consider some methodological hurdles in the study of this fascinating skill.

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