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The Monitor Model and its Misconceptions: A Clarification

Computation and Language 2023-02-09 v2

Abstract

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.

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@article{arxiv.2210.14367,
  title  = {The Monitor Model and its Misconceptions: A Clarification},
  author = {Michael Carl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.14367},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Accepted for publication in: Lacruz, Isabel (ed.) Translation in Transition: Human and Machine Intelligence. American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph series. Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins