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7.1 g eneral results
Figure 1:distributionofr,nr,o,IPforSIandshadowingtogether
generallyspeaking,anomalieshavebeendetectedandcorrectedinalmosthalfofthecases
(47%)whiletheratioofrepeating/interpretingthemincorrectlyisonly13%.Thisresultis
similartothatofZanetti’s(55%-11%).
Inthetwootherprocessingoperations,theratiosarereversed:inthepresentresearch
paraphrasingisrepresentedmuchless(4%)thanomission(36%)unlikeinZanetti’sresearch
wheretheproportionsare20%and14%respectively.
TheoverallresultsthusconfirmedZanetti’sfindings,Hypothesis 1ofthisresearch,that
thereisalsoa reasonforanticipationbetweentwolanguageswithidenticalstructures(SVo),
evenifitisdifficulttomeasureorperceive.
Figures 2 and 3showthedistributionofr,nr,oandIPseparatelyforSIandshadowing.
Figure 2:distributionofr,nr,o,IPinSI Figure 3:distributionofr,nr,o,IPinshadowing
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Thedifferencebetweenthenumberofthecorrectionsisnegligiblebut,contrarytotheHypo-thesis 2,itisundoubtedlyhigherinshadowingthaninSI(50%vs45%).Therepetitionof
anomaliesalsooccurredmorefrequentlyinshadowing(27%vs11%).
However,Figures 2 and 3supportHypothesis 5accordingtowhichtheproportionofomis-sionsishigherinSI(42%)thaninshadowing(16%).
7.2 resultsfor rd, rv and n grouPs
TherelatedHypothesis 4,thatanticipationismorecommonincaseswhereanomaliesappear
lessthan3sentenceslaterthanthepreviouslypronouncedcorrectformoftheword(rV),
doesnotappeartobejustifiedonthebasisofthefollowingresultssincethehighestratiois
obtainedjustintheoppositecase(rd).atthesametime,therepetitionoftheanomalyis
higher(16%)whentheanomalyisclosertothecorrect,originalversion.
Figure 4alsoshowsthatinthecaseofnewanomalies,participantsintheresearchwere
morelikelytohavemissed(48%)thancorrected(32%)orrepeated(20%)them.
Figure 4:distributionofr,nr,o,IPforalltypesofanomaliesinSIandshadowing
Figure 5:distributionofr,nr,o,IPforalltypesofanomaliesinSI
Figure 6:distributionofr,nr,o,IPforalltypesofanomaliesinshadowing
Figures 5 and 6showtheresultforSIandforshadowingseparately.Basedonthesewecan
statethatshadowersaremorecharacterisedbyacousticalprocessing,thatis,theyrecognise
thatthegivenwordexists,butdonotperforma deeper,semanticanalysisduringwhichitalso
turnsoutwhetherthewordfitsthecontextornot.Theirtaskis‘just’repeatwhathasbeen
said.Thus,itisnotsurprisingthattheproportionofnrinshadowing(rd-10%,rV-30%,
n-40%)ismuchhigherthanininterpreting(rd-0%,rV-7%,n-27%).
7.3 rd anomalies
Table 1belowshowstherdanomaliesfoundinthetext.rdanomalieswerecontainedin
lexicalitemsthathadappearedmorethanthreesentencesbeforetheoneinquestion.
Table 1:rdanomalies
Code original anomaly
rd1 nationsunies nationsmunies
rd2 développementdurable développementrurable
rd3 gazàeffetdeserre gazàeffetdeterre
rd4 énergiesrenouvelables énergierenoulevable
rd5 avenirdelaplanète avenirdelamanette
Figure 7:distributionofr,nr,o,IPforrdanomalyrdinSIandshadowing
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Figure 7showsthatinallcases,exceptforrd5,thereisa highproportionofcorrections
(60%,60%,80%,80%,20%).However,Figures 8 and 9alsoshowthatinterpreterstypically
usedtwosolutions:theycorrectedoromittedanomalieswhileshadowershada repetitionand
theproportionofcorrectionismuchsmaller.
Figure 8:distributionofr,nr,o,IPforrdanomalyinSI
Figure 9:distributionofr,nr,o,IPforrdanomalyinshadowing
7.4 rv anomalies
Table 2belowshowstherVanomaliesfoundinthetext.rVanomalieswerecontainedin
lexicalitemsthathadappearedlessthanthreesentencesbeforetheoneinquestion.
Table 2:rVanomalies
Code original anomaly
rV1 chefd’Étatetdegouvernement chefd’Éthiqueetdegouvernement
rV2 conférence confidence
rV3 justiceclimatique justicelimatique
rV4 accord àcorne
rV5 condition conviction
Mostofthecorrectionswereassumed(Hylothesis4)forrVanomalies,butthis,aspreviously
revealed,hasnotbeenverified.
Figure 10:Correctionsofrd,rV,nanomaliesinSIandshadowing
Figure 11showsthedataregardingrVanomaliesinSIandshadowingtogetherwhileFigures 12 and 13forSIandshadowingseparately.
Figure 11:distributionofr,nr,o,IPforrVanomaliesinSIandshadowing
Figure 12:distributionofr,nr,o,IPforrVanomaliesinSI
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Figure 13:distributionofr,nr,o,IPforrVanomaliesinshadowing
ThegraphsshowthatcorrectionsweremorerepresentedinSI(53%vs40%)andthenumber
ofrepetitionscomparedtoshadowingresults(7%vs30%)isminimal.
ForrV1andrV2,theresultiswellexplained:thewords‘éthique’and‘confidance’despite
beingclosetothecorrectversions‘état’and‘conférence’,disturbedtheshadowerswho“weresat- isfied”withthefactthatthewordismeaningful(50%,100%).Interpreterswereagainsupport-edbytheirsemanticexpectationsandasa consequencetheyhaveneverrepeatedtheanomaly.
regardingrV3andrV4,thedifferencebetweenthecorrectwordandtheanomalyis
barelyaudible,perhapsthisisthereasonforthehighnumberofcorrectsolutionsbothinSI
(33%,100%)andshadowing(100%,50%).
7.5 n anomalies
Table 3belowshowsthenanomaliesfoundinthetext.nanomalieswerenew,inthesense
thattheyhadnoantecedentinthetext.
Table 3:nanomalies
Code original anomaly
n1 concentrationdeCo2 concertationdeCo2
n2 différentiation différence
n3 recyclage restylage
n4 technologie technicologie
n5 mondialisation mondiatisation
Figure 14:distributionofr,nr,o,IPfornanomaliesinSIandshadowing
Figure 14mustbeexaminedindetail.Separately(Figures15and16)theresultsdemonstrate
againthatforshadowersomissionisnotanoption,asitmakesthetextcompletelymeaning-less.Conversely,interpreterswhosespeechproductionisnotinfluencedbytheomissionof
a wordarebolderinthissituation(53%vs100%).
Figure 15:distributionofr,nr,o,IPfornanomaliesinSI
Figure 16:distributionofr,nr,o,IPfornanomaliesinshadowing
8. distribution oF CorreCtions oF Meaningless anoMalies