Slips of the Ear

Errors in the Perception of Casual Conversation
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-12-113340-5
Verlag: Morgan Kaufmann

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Occasionally, listeners' strategies for dealing with casual speech lead them into an erroneous perception of the intended message--a slip of the ear. When such errors occur, listeners report hearing, as clearly and distinctly as any correctly perceived stretch of speech, something that does not correspond to the speaker's utterance. This book describes and analyzes a collection of almost 1000 examples of misperceptions from real-life conversations.

Content Coverage Includes:

- Complete data set of misperceptions in casual conversation
- Language understanding in ordinary circumstances
- Classifications and descriptions according to linguistic properties

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bond, Zinny

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Zeit: Philosophische, Psychologische, Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Wahrnehmung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface Introduction
Vowel Misperceptions
Consonant Misperceptions
Misperceptions of The Shape of Words
Children's Misperceptions
The Lexicon
Syntax
Summary and Conclusions
Appendix A: Experimental Errors
Appendix B: Data Set
References
Subject Index