Effects of Linguistic Properties and Message Length on Misunderstandings in Aviation Communication

Download or read book Effects of Linguistic Properties and Message Length on Misunderstandings in Aviation Communication written by Immanuel Barshi and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In particular, the analysis of the natural data (Ch. 2 & 3) and of the experimental data (Ch. 4) shows that the inclusion of more than three aviation topics in a single message leads to a substantial increase in misunderstandings. Besides providing a better understanding of aviation English and of the cognitive processes underlying the comprehension of ATC instructions, this study then offers a very clear recommendation for ATC procedures: to minimize misunderstandings due to message length, air traffic controllers should limit their messages to no more than three aviation topics.