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observer’s paradox  
  
636   08:22 صباحاً   date: 2023-10-19
Author : David Crystal
Book or Source : A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics
Page and Part : 337-15


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observer’s paradox

A methodological problem identified with reference to SOCIOLINGUISTICS by William Labov (b. 1927): how can linguists obtain naturalistic data about speech through observation or interview, given that the presence of the linguist (whether actively participating in a dialogue or acting as a silent observer) will exercise an influence on the way people talk? Several techniques have since been devised to divert a speaker’s attention away from the fact that they are being observed, such as by introducing a conversational topic which is likely to engage the speaker’s full attention.