Особливості дослідження соціокультурної варіативності інтонації мовлення

(uk) У статті обґрунтовано специфіку процедури дослідження соціокультурної варіативності інтонації англійського мовлення. На основі проведеного експериментально-фонетичного дослідження розглянуто методологію, основні процедури й методи вивчення варіативних характеристик інтонації, що дозволяють виявити інваріант та соціокультурні варіантні просодичні реалізації.(en) The paper explores thespecific research procedure of sociocultural variability of intonation of English oral speech. On the basis of experimental phonetic research the author discusses the methodology, main procedures and methods of research of intonation variant features which allow revealing the invariant and sociocultural variant prosodic realizations

Human and organizational biases affecting the management of safety

Management of safety is always based on underlying models or theories of organization, human behavior and system safety. The aim of the article is to review and describe a set of potential biases in these models and theories. We will outline human and organizational biases that have an effect on the management of safety in four thematic areas: beliefs about human behavior, beliefs about organizations, beliefs about information and safety models. At worst, biases in these areas can lead to an approach where people are treated as isolated and independent actors who make (bad) decisions in a social vacuum and who pose a threat to safety. Such an approach aims at building barriers and constraints to human behavior and neglects the measures aiming at providing prerequisites and organizational conditions for people to work effectively. This reductionist view of safety management can also lead to too drastic a strong separation of so-called human factors from technical issues, undermining the holistic view of system safety. Human behavior needs to be understood in the context of people attempting (together) to make sense of themselves and their environment, and act based on perpetually incomplete information while relying on social conventions, affordances provided by the environment and the available cognitive heuristics. In addition, a move toward a positive view of the human contribution to safety is needed. Systemic safety management requires an increased understanding of various normal organizational phenomena – in this paper discussed from the point of view of biases – coupled with a systemic safety culture that encourages and endorses a holistic view of the workings and challenges of the socio-technical system in question