sounds, such as tones and earcons, have symbolic relationships with their referent process, and symbolic relationships generally must be learned in the context of the interface. Abstract relationships may allow for more flexibility in the representation of different processes; any interface element can be represented via a symbolic association with no inherent relationship between the sound and...

The structure of death rituals differs consistently among regions of Albania. The death ritual contains very strong patriarchal features in the Northern part of the country; in southern regions (next to the seashore) and in Albanian communities living elsewhere in the Mediterranean basin, the features are more animistic; the females playing an important role in grief proclamation, suggesting a ...

The sociolinguistics of sign languages parallels as well complements the spoken languages. All key areas sociolinguistics, such multilingualism, language contact, variation, and attitudes—are immediate relevance to At same time, researchers using a range data sources methods (e.g., corpora, linguistic elicitation, ethnography) have showed that unique natures features allow us look at all these ...

In recent years, there has been significant progress in developing Interactive Storytelling systems, in particular in terms of the underlying AI techniques. There has been an emerging consensus on the AI approach, in particular the use of planning systems. However, these have concentrated on the generation of a sequence of narrative actions, staged through the behaviour of virtual actors. In or...

The subject of this essay is the dialectic between word and thought. Between the word and the thought there is therefore no priority of one over the other, but mutual presupposition and a perpetual overlapping: it is at this level that the link between word and thought is actually affected by creativity. Between thought and word there has always implicitly been an original complicity that makes...

In this paper I will examine the geography of one particular type of virtual reality virtual worlds. They are publicly available on the Internet and are designed for social interaction in real-time. The two key elements of these systems that move them beyond conventional computer-mediated communication channels into the realm of virtual reality are the shared graphical environment in which inte...

Science classrooms teach complex topics by exposing students to information through a variety of methodologies, including lectures, discussions, readings, lab experiences, and representational experiences. The goal of these activities is to help students build internal representations for course content – information stored in memory that students can retrieve to generate inferences, solve prob...