Grammatical Differences and Simultaneous Interpreting: An Empirical Approach

✍ Scribed by Miao Wang

• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 346
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 Simultaneous Interpreting—Effort Model, Features and Factors
1.1 Effort model of SI
1.2 SI features
1.2.1 Simultaneity
1.2.1.1 Listening and speaking
1.2.1.2 Listening, speaking and monitoring
1.2.2 EVS
1.2.2.1 Definition of EVS
1.2.2.2 Measurement of EVS
1.2.2.3 Factors affecting EVS
1.2.3 SI and other language tasks
1.2.3.1 SI and monolingual activities
1.2.3.2 SI and translation
1.2.3.2.1 Simultaneity
1.2.3.2.2 Comprehension
1.2.3.2.3 Output
1.2.3.3 SI and CI
1.2.3.3.1 Simultaneity
1.2.3.3.2 Comprehension
1.2.3.3.3 Output
1.3 Factors
1.3.1 Input factors
1.3.1.1 Presentation rate
1.3.1.2 Accent
1.3.1.3 Noise
1.3.2 Individual factors
1.4 Conclusion
Chapter 2 Grammatical Differences and SI
2.1 General background
2.1.1 Arguments against the impact of linguistic structures on SI
2.1.2 Arguments for the impact of linguistic structures on SI
2.2 Language specificity
2.2.1 Language pairs in SI research
2.2.2 Chinese-English SI research
2.3 SI strategies
2.3.1 Typologies of SI strategies
2.3.1.1 Gile’s classification
2.3.1.2 Kalina’s classification
2.3.2 Work on individual SI strategies
2.3.2.1 Anticipation
2.3.2.2 Synthesis
2.3.2.3 Compensatory strategies
2.3.3 Language-related strategies
2.3.3.1 Waiting and stalling
2.3.3.2 Segmentation
2.3.3.3 Anticipation
2.4 The expert-novice paradigm
2.5 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Chinese-English Grammatical Differences
3.1 Introduction
3.2 English adverbials
3.2.1 Introduction to English adverbials
3.2.1.1 English adverbs
3.2.1.2 English prepositional phrases
3.2.1.3 English adverbial clauses
3.2.1.4 Position of English adverbials
3.2.2 Introduction to Chinese adverbials
3.2.2.1 Movable adverbs
3.2.2.2 Nonmovable adverbs
3.2.2.3 Postverbal adverbials
3.2.2.4 Adverbial clauses
3.2.2.4.1 Forward-linking elements
3.2.2.4.2 Backward-linking elements
3.2.3 Contrastive analysis and possible challenges to SI
3.3 English noun phrases (NPs)
3.3.1 Introduction to English NPs
3.3.2 Head noun
3.3.3 Premodification
3.3.3.1 Determiners
3.3.3.1.1 Predeterminers
3.3.3.1.2 Ordinals
3.3.3.1.3 Quantifiers
3.3.3.2 Open-class premodifiers
3.3.4 Postmodification
3.3.4.1 Finite relative clause
3.3.4.2 Non-finite clauses
3.3.4.3 Prepositional phrases
3.3.5 Contrastive analysis and possible challenges to SI
3.4 English passives
3.4.1 Introduction to English passives
3.4.2 Introduction to Chinese passives
3.4.3 Contrastive analysis and possible challenges to SI
3.5 Chinese coverb phrases (CPs)
3.5.1 Introduction to Chinese coverbs and verbs
3.5.2 Introduction to Chinese coverb Phrases (CPs)
3.5.3 Contrastive analysis and possible challenges to SI
3.6 Chinese noun phrases (NPs)
3.6.1 Introduction to Chinese NPs
3.6.2 Head noun
3.6.3 Modification
3.6.4 Contrastive analysis and possible challenges to SI
3.7 Chinese topic-prominent clauses (TCs)
3.7.1 Introduction
3.7.2 Topics and subjects in Chinese sentences
3.7.3 Five types of Chinese sentences
3.7.4 Contrastive analysis and possible challenges to SI
3.8 Conclusion
Chapter 4 Empirical Study
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Participants
4.3 Experimental materials
4.4 Procedure
4.5 Data manipulation
4.5.1 Grammatical categories investigated
4.5.1.1 English adverbials
4.5.1.2 English NPs
4.5.1.3 English passives
4.5.1.4 Chinese CPs
4.5.1.5 Chinese NPs
4.5.1.6 Chinese TCs
4.5.2 Evaluation parameters
4.5.2.1 Importance of error analysis (EA) in language acquisition and in SI
4.5.2.2 Identification of error in SI
4.5.2.3 Sources of error in SI
4.5.2.4 Typology of errors in SI
4.5.3 Subjectivity in evaluation
4.5.4 A note on statistics
4.5.4.1 Introduction
4.5.4.2 Intra-group comparison
4.5.4.3 Inter-group comparison
4.6 Conclusion
Chapter 5 Data Analysis and Discussions
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Intra-group analysis
5.2.1 English Y-position vs. N-position adverbials
5.2.1.1 Error analysis with field examples
5.2.1.1.1 Parameter A, CG
5.2.1.1.2 Parameter B, CO
5.2.1.1.3 Parameter C, CS
5.2.1.1.4 Parameter E, DGE
5.2.1.1.5 Parameter D, DG
5.2.1.1.6 Parameter F, DC
5.2.1.1.7 Parameter G, DCO
5.2.1.2 Results analysis and discussions
5.2.2 English NP1s vs. NP2s and NP3s
5.2.2.1 Error analysis with field examples
5.2.2.1.1 Parameter A, CG
5.2.2.1.2 Parameter B, CO
5.2.2.1.3 Parameter C, CS
5.2.2.1.4 Parameter D, DG
5.2.2.1.5 Parameter E, DGE
5.2.2.1.6 Parameter F, DC
5.2.2.1.7 Parameter G, DCO
5.2.2.2 Results analysis and discussions
5.2.3 English SPs vs. LPs
5.2.3.1 Error analysis with field examples
5.2.3.1.1 Parameter A, CG
5.2.3.1.2 Parameter B, CO
5.2.3.1.3 Parameter C, CS
5.2.3.1.4 Parameter D, DG
5.2.3.1.5 Parameter E, DGE
5.2.3.1.6 Parameter F, DC
5.2.3.1.7 Parameter G, DCO
5.2.3.2 Results analysis and discussion
5.2.4 Chinese CP1s vs. CP2s
5.2.4.1 Error analysis with field examples
5.2.4.1.1 Parameter A, CG
5.2.4.1.2 Parameter B, CO
5.2.4.1.3 Parameter C, CS
5.2.4.1.4 Parameter D, DG
5.2.4.1.5 Parameter E, DGE
5.2.4.1.6 Parameter F, DC
5.2.4.1.7 Parameter G, DCO
5.2.4.2 Results analysis and discussion
5.2.5 Chinese NP1s vs. NP2s
5.2.5.1 Error analysis with field examples
5.2.5.1.1 Parameter A, CG
5.2.5.1.2 Parameter B, CO
5.2.5.1.3 Parameter C, CS
5.2.5.1.4 Parameter D, DG
5.2.5.1.5 Parameter E, DGE
5.2.5.1.6 Parameter F, DC
5.2.5.1.7 Parameter G, DCO
5.2.5.2 Results analysis and discussion
5.2.6 Chinese SCs vs. TCs
5.2.6.1 Error analysis with field examples
5.2.6.1.1 Parameter A, CG
5.2.6.1.2 Parameter B, CO
5.2.6.1.3 Parameter C, CS
5.2.6.1.4 Parameter D, DG
5.2.6.1.5 Parameter E, DGE
5.2.6.1.6 Parameter F, DC
5.2.6.1.7 Parameter G, DCO
5.2.6.2 Results analysis and discussion
5.2.7 Summary
5.3 Inter-group analysis
5.3.1 English adverbials
5.3.2 English NPs
5.3.3 English passives
5.3.4 Chinese CPs
5.3.5 Chinese NPs
5.3.6 Chinese TCs
5.3.7 Conclusion
5.4 Retrospective interview
5.4.1 Retrospective interview with student subjects
5.4.2 Retrospective interview with professional subjects
5.4.3 Conclusion
5.5 Conclusion
Chapter 6 Contribution and Significance
6.1 Contribution
6.2 Significance
Appendix I Pre-experiment questionnaire
Appendix II Post-experiment questionnaire
Appendix III English ST
Appendix IV Chinese ST
Appendix V ST Analysis (English Adverbials)
Appendix VI Output Analysis (English Adverbials)
Appendix VII Data Manipulation before SPSS Entry
Appendix VIII SPSS Entry, Calculation and Output