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Language and Communication: Essential Concepts for User Interface and Documentation Design Book

Language and Communication : Hardback : Oxford University Press Inc : 9780195108385 : 0195108388 : 01 Jul 1999 : This text proposes a different approach to computer interface design. It explains why the user-friendly interface is treated with such derision, and argues that software and hardware designers should consider such language concepts as meaning, context, function, variety, and equivalence.Read More

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    Computer interfaces and documentation are notorious for being difficult to learn and use. This timely volume shows how ideas developed by linguists and language teachers can be used to design computers which are truly user-friendly. The author argues that software and hardware designers should see users as language learners and consider such fundamental language concepts as meaning, context, function, variety, and equivalence. She goes on to show how imagining an interface as a new language can be an invaluable exercise, calling into question deeply held beliefs and assumptions about what users will or will not understand. Written for a wide range of computer scientists and presuming no prior knowledge of language-related terminology, this volume could be a key step in the on-going information revolution.

  • 0195108388
  • 9780195108385
  • Agnes Kukulska-Hulme
  • 1 July 1999
  • OUP USA
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 176
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