单词 | observer's paradox |
释义 | > as lemmasobserver's paradox observer's paradox n. (also with capital initials) Linguistics the apparent paradox whereby the vernacular speech of a person being studied is altered by the presence of the observer, thus compromising the accuracy of the observation; also used more generally. ΚΠ 1972 W. Labov Sociolinguistic Patterns viii. 209 We are then left with the Observer's Paradox: the aim of linguistic research in the community must be to find out how people talk when they are not being systematically observed; yet we can only obtain those data by systematic observation. 1980 Eng. World-wide 1 182 Gaining access to a speaker's vernacular in sufficient quantities..presents the sociolinguist with the Observer's Paradox. 2002 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 15 Aug. This is the television version of the observer's paradox... There's no way to document sex without somehow affecting the nature of the sex you are going to see. < as lemmas |
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