The translation of web content into Libras (Lingua Brasileira de Sinais – Brazilian Sign Language), although adequate, cannot always be implemented, due to its high cost. Thus, the present study aims to identify and propose solutions for the potential communication breakdowns in the interaction of bilingual deaf users in corporate systems on the web. The analysis of the interaction took place a...

In this paper we present a Linguistic Meta-Model (LMM) allowing a semiotic-cognitive representation of knowledge. LMM is freely available and integrates the schemata of linguistic knowledge resources, such as WordNet and FrameNet, as well as foundational ontologies, such as DOLCE and its extensions. In addition, LMM is able to deal with multilinguality and to represent individuals and facts in ...

In this paper we present a Linguistic Meta-Model (LMM) allowing a semiotic-cognitive representation of knowledge. LMM is freely available and integrates the schemata of linguistic knowledge resources, such as WordNet and FrameNet, as well as foundational ontologies, such as DOLCE and its extensions. In addition, LMM is able to deal with multilinguality and to represent individuals and facts in ...

Collaborative systems are growing more and more popular. However, evaluating this type of systems is still a difficult task. Many evaluation methods have been proposed to deal with this challenge, but most of them are not yet consolidated. Semiotic Engineering is an explanatory theory about HCI that proposes three different methods that can be applied to evaluate collaborative systems: MIS, MAC...

Abstract This paper reports an interview study with Chinese international students in Anglophone university Quebec, Canada, exploring their use of language and cross-language learning strategies to support French Lx (third beyond). Drawing on plurilingualism, Dynamic Model Multilingualism, strategies, this article examines how learners made dynamic, creative, and, at times, unexpected links amo...

Semiotic Engineering is a semiotic theory of HCI that views humancomputer interaction as a contingent process of designer-to-user metacommunication. The theory currently has two evaluation methods, Communicability Evaluation and Semiotic Inspection. The aim of our research is to do a critical analysis of both methods in order to align them with each other, especially in ontological and epistemi...

Hypertext advanced software for organizing information according to webs of conceptual, rather than symbolic, links has recently provoked humanists to reconsider post-structuralist semiotic concepts. Debates about the design and uses of hypertext, among both software developers and humanists, reflect a conflict between two problematic views of text: as a medium for social interaction, and as a ...

This paper presents a formalisation of Peirce’s notion of ‘sign’ using a triadic relation with a functional dependency. The three sign components are then modelled as concepts in lattices which are connected via a semiotic mapping. We call the study of relationships relating to semiotic systems modelled in this manner a semiotic-conceptual analysis. It is argued that semiotic-conceptual analyse...

This article presents issues of communicability that can impact in the interaction of pre-linguistic bilingual deep deaf user in Web Organizational Information Systems. Thus, we seek to contribute to the development of more accessible systems to this user's profile, seeking its inclusion in the organizational environment. The analysis of interactions occurred in the Intranet of a science and te...