Language Evolution and Human-Computer Interaction
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https://doi.org/10.7146/dpb.v20i354.6584Abstract
Many of the issues that confront designers of interactive computer systems also appear in natural language evolution. Natural languages and human-computer interfaces share as their primary mission the support of extended ''dialogues'' between responsive entities. Because in each case one participant is a human being, some of the pressures operating on natural languages, causing them to evolve in order to better support such dialogue, also operate on human-computer ''languages'' or interfaces. This does not necessarily push interfaces in the direction of natural language - since one entity in this dialogue is not a human, this is not to be expected. Nonetheless, by discerning where the pressures that guide natural language evolution also appear in human-computer interaction, we can contribute to the design of computer systems and obtain a new perspective on natural languages.Downloads
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1991-05-01
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Grudin, J., & Norman, D. A. (1991). Language Evolution and Human-Computer Interaction. DAIMI Report Series, 20(354). https://doi.org/10.7146/dpb.v20i354.6584
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