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The proposed role of suppression in simultaneous interpretation
Morton Ann Gernsbacher1, Miriam Shlesinger1
1Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Translation and Interpretation, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Interpreting : International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting
|December 19, 2014
Summary
Suppression, a cognitive mechanism, reduces interference in language comprehension and is vital for simultaneous interpreting. This process is key for lexical access, anaphora resolution, syntactic parsing, metaphor understanding, and inferencing.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Psycholinguistics
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Language comprehension involves complex cognitive processes.
- Interference from irrelevant information can hinder comprehension.
- Simultaneous interpreting places high demands on cognitive processing capacity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose that the cognitive mechanism of suppression is crucial for language comprehension.
- To highlight the role of suppression in mitigating interference during various comprehension tasks.
- To emphasize the importance of suppression in simultaneous interpretation.
Main Methods:
- The study is theoretical, proposing a cognitive mechanism.
- It analyzes interference in several language comprehension phenomena.
- The mechanism of suppression is examined in relation to lexical access, anaphoric reference, syntactic parsing, metaphor comprehension, and inferencing.
Main Results:
- Suppression attenuates interference during lexical access (e.g., homonyms).
- Suppression aids anaphoric reference by reducing interference from other potential referents.
- Suppression assists syntactic parsing, metaphor comprehension, and inferencing by mitigating interference.
Conclusions:
- Suppression is a general cognitive mechanism that attenuates interference.
- This mechanism plays a critical role in effective language comprehension.
- Suppression is particularly crucial for the demanding task of simultaneous interpretation.
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