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Air Traffic Communication
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| Author: | Raija Solatie | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Semantics
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For Query: Linguist 11.652 Hello my colleagues, I posted a query on the air traffic communication, and specially on the term "acknowledge", such as on "readback", a quite long time ago. I apologize that I am so late with my summary, but here it is: The semantics of the notion "acknowledge" is much wider than the semantics of "readback". My question about the "acknowledge" was maybe a little bit confusing: an air traffic controller or a pilot doesn't use the word "acknowledge" by speaking with radiophone, but it means the phenomenon in communication of the air traffic. When two aeroplanes, for exemple, have some problems by getting contact with the radiophone with each other and one of them can't answer to another by speaking, the pilot can "yaw" or "roll" the aeroplane or "pitch" its lights: this in called the confirmation of reception of the information from the other pilot, in other words "acknowledge". The notion "readback" is connected only with the radiophone communication between the controller and the pilot. I would say that the whole system of the air communication is based on repeating messages, on "readback". When the communication starts, for exemple, by taking contact of the "tower" with the pilot of one aeroplane, this answers by repeating the message of the controller. Then, the controller still confirms the reception of the message of the pilot by using the word "roger", which means that the information of the repeated message was "right". This whole communication manner could be called "readback communication". The structure of the messages repeated is also very interesting. The controller such as the pilots always mention the "station" of the reception of the message. In front or at the end of the message they read the "symbol" of the tower (air traffic controller) or the symbol of the aeroplane (pilot). This specific structure of repeating messages, "readback", in connection with the phenomenon "acknowledge", will also be the basic structure for my theory of the general linguistical system of the air traffic communication. I want to thank the following persons who have helped me with my new project: Joseph F Foster Larry Moeko Okada Adrienne Bruyn Bettina Bajaj Carmen Pena Margun Welskopf Greeting from Finland Mrs Raija Solatie Mme Raija Solatie linguiste/Linguist Kaskihara 20 02340 Espoo Finlande/Finnland t?l./Tel.: +358-9-8136989 e-mail : raija.solatie@kolumbus.fi http://www.kolumbus.fi/raija.solatie |
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| LL Issue: | 11.1042 | |
| Date Posted: | 08-May-2000 | |
| Original Query: | Read original query | |
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