Artifact as theory-nexus: Hermeneutics meets theory-based design
John M. Carroll, Wendy A. Kellogg
CHI 1989
Two experiments examined the creation of name expressions for reference, with specific regard to Olson’s (1970) “cognitive theory of semantics.” In the first experiment, subjects were merely asked to make up names for each of a series of abstract symbols embedded in displays. In the second experiment, subjects were asked to make up names in order to verbally distinguish between symbols in each display. Only under the second procedure were the predictions of Olson’s analysis confirmed. These results suggest that naming, and therefore reference in general, cannot be comprehensively treated in a theory that fails to explicitly deal with referential purposes. © 1980, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.
John M. Carroll, Wendy A. Kellogg
CHI 1989
John M. Carroll
Perception & Psychophysics
Ben Shneiderman, John M. Carroll
CACM
John M. Carroll
Semiotica