Towards a More Natural Controlled Language in Future Airbus Cockpits. A Psycho-linguistic Evaluation.
Résumé
The main goal of this research is to optimize an existing Airbus Cockpit Controlled Language in order to integrate it in future cockpit design. The current controlled language used aboard Airbus cockpit interfaces was carefully constructed to avoid ambiguity and complexity. In order to optimize the existing language, we set out to evaluate the appropriate levels of simplification that would achieve more accurate and faster comprehension with optimized pilot training time by using psycho-linguistic experimentation and cognitive science tools. We present in this paper a congruency task similar to traditional judgment tasks in behavioral experiments. It provides a firmly controlled environment to test linguistic hypotheses and CNL rules. Results shows that what we sometimes mistakenly label as superfluous or empty syntactical elements could go a long way in ensuring better comprehension and faster information processing from a psycho-linguistic point of view.
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