Title :
Embodied Language and Procedural Documentation
Author_Institution :
Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy
Abstract :
Embodied language is grounded in users´ concrete experience and thereby reduces user effort when using procedural information. Embodied language does this because doesn´t force users to think purely abstractly.
Keywords :
linguistics; embodied language; Assembly; Cognition; Concrete; Digital audio players; Documentation; Educational institutions; Guidelines; Professional communication; Visualization; Writing; Embodiment; cognition; language; procedures;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 2007. IPCC 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1242-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1243-3
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464057
