TY - CHAP
T1 - Experimental Methods for Measuring Intelligibility of Closely Related Language Varieties
A2 - Gooskens, Charlotte
A2 - Bayley, Robert
A2 - Cameron, Richard
A2 - Lucas, Ceil
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - To test intelligibility, a large number of tests have been developed. By means of such tests, the degree of intelligibility can be expressed in a single number, often the percentage of input that was correctly recognized by the subject. This chapter presents an overview of methods for measuring the intelligibility of closely related languages, and discusses their advantages and disadvantages. It focuses on spoken-language comprehension, but many tests can also be applied to the comprehension of written language. Methods for investigating mutual intelligibility can be taken from other disciplines, for example in the area of speech technology, second language acquisition, and speech pathology.
AB - To test intelligibility, a large number of tests have been developed. By means of such tests, the degree of intelligibility can be expressed in a single number, often the percentage of input that was correctly recognized by the subject. This chapter presents an overview of methods for measuring the intelligibility of closely related languages, and discusses their advantages and disadvantages. It focuses on spoken-language comprehension, but many tests can also be applied to the comprehension of written language. Methods for investigating mutual intelligibility can be taken from other disciplines, for example in the area of speech technology, second language acquisition, and speech pathology.
KW - Linguistics
UR - http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/181949552
U2 - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199744084.013.0010
DO - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199744084.013.0010
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780199744084
T3 - Oxford handbooks of linguistics
SP - 195
EP - 213
BT - The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - New York, United States of America
ER -