How might capabilities for algorithm animation be seamlessly integrated into a programming language that is both visual and declarative? Until now, visual programming language researchers have not attempted to anwer that question, making the fruits of algorithm animation available only to users of textual programming languages. Users of visual programming languages (VPLs) have been deprived of ...

The perceptual loop theory of self-monitoring posits that auditory speech output is parsed by the comprehension system. For sign language, however, visual input from one's own signing is distinct from visual input received from another's signing. Two experiments investigated the role of visual feedback in the production of American Sign Language (ASL). Experiment 1 revealed that signers were po...

SOLVE (Specification using an Object-based, LOTOS-defined, Visual language) is designed to allow formal requirements capture, particularly for reactive systems. The SOLVE language is object-based, and formally defined using LOTOS (Language Of Temporal Ordering Specification). SOLVE is supported by tools that allow direct visual animation of systems specified in this language. Animation is suppo...

A proposal for the design of a framework for developing processors for visual languages is presented. The concept of visual language is discussed and the framework-based approach to implementing visual languages is motivated. The underlying grammar-based model for specifying visual (multi-dimensional) languages is described and the main features of the proposed framework are presented. The fram...

Do people spontaneously form visual mental images when understanding language, and if so, how truly visual are these representations? We test whether processing linguistic descriptions of motion produces sufficiently vivid mental images to cause direction-selective motion adaptation in the visual system (i.e., cause a motion aftereffect illusion). We tested for motion aftereffects (MAEs) follow...

Introduction As a relatively new and innovative form of digital communication visual image, emojis, emoticons, stickers are appreciated, yet criticised. Young people on social media have lost the traditional etiquette interpersonal networking skills, which is challenge in itself. This study provides better understanding how young engage behave diverse contexts while utilising language. Methods ...

Generic editing of visual languages can become easier with a common exchange format for graph transformation based on XML. In this sense, many XML languages (such as GXL, XGMML and GraphML) were developed to represent visual languages as a graph. These languages are compatible with XML technology and are interoperable with a great number of state of the art documentation and graphic technologie...

We propose an architecture for storing visual expressions within an environment which supports various forms of visual expression editing, like syntax directed editing, free editing, and layout editing. The proposed architecture is based on two related graph data structures: an abstract syntax graph represents the logical structure of a visual expression in terms of its visual language syntax; ...