Chapter 12
The Monitor Model and its misconceptions
A clarification
Horizontal (automatic) and vertical (control) processes
have been observed and reported for a long time in translation production.
Schaeffer and Carl’s Monitor Model integrates these two processes into one
framework, assuming that priming mechanisms underlie horizontal/automatic
processes, while vertical/monitoring processes implement consciously
accessible control mechanisms. The Monitor Model has been criticized in
various ways and several misconceptions have accumulated over the past
years. In this chapter, I update the Monitor Model with additional evidence
and argue that it is compatible with an enactivist approach to cognition. I
address several misconceptions related to the Monitor Model.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.TPR and the Monitor Model
- 3.The translation automaton
- 4.Misconceptions of the Monitor Model
- 4.1Translation and priming
- 4.2Translation as a dynamic process
- 4.3Comprehension, transfer, and production
- 4.4Default translation
- 4.5Concurrent processing
- 5.Conclusion
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Acknowledgements
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Notes
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