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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Multimodal Communication"”.
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Cognitive Modeling and conceptual complexity in translation, multimodal communication, and constructionalization
… constructionalization, translation, and multimodality. Its aim is to account for the great potential of cognitive models and cognitive operations in the conceptualization and understanding of both figurative and non-figurative language used in different contexts. To this end, the …
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Effects of Semantic + Multimodal Communication Program for Switching Behavior in Severe Aphasia
… in verbal expression. Traditionally, alternative communication modalities are trained separately to augment or replace verbal output. However, adults with aphasia often have executive function deficits, specifically deficits in cognitive flexibility, which affect the communicative flexibility of …
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It Takes Two: a Study of Meaning Negotiation and Multimodal Communication in Collaborative Gaming
This study examines how multimodal interaction resources such as speech, movement, and gesture mediate negotiation for meaning during collaborative gaming among second language learners. It also investigates the production of language-related episodes by second-language learners. This qualitative …
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Use of an integrated multimodal communication treatment with individuals with severe traumatic brain injury
… dysarthria. Using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies (e.g., gesturing, writing, speech generating devices and applications) to communicate can help people with TBI compensate for deficits. The most effective method to teach people with TBI to use multiple strategies in …
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Examining multimodal communication during social interactions: studies of minimally verbal autistic children and adolescents
Difficulties in communication during social interactions are a feature of the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Little is known about the communication abilities of minimally-verbal (MV) individuals, which comprises one-third of autistic individuals. Natural language sampling (NLS) …
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Effects of Semantic Feature Analysis+Multimodal Communication Program for Word Retrieval and Switching Behavior in Primary Progressive Aphasia
… people with PPA may learn to use alternative communication modalities when they are unable to retrieve a word. However, executive function impairments can cause people to struggle to switch among modalities to repair communication breakdowns. This study examined the effects of a combined …
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Smart online language learning modules: An exploration of the potential of advanced digital technologies and artificial intelligence for collaborative language learning utilizing translanguaging and multimodal communication approaches
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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MIDOS : Multimodal Interactive DialOgue System
… between people are typically conversational, multimodal, and symmetric. In conversational interactions, information flows in both directions. In multimodal interactions, people use multiple channels. In symmetric interactions, both participants communicate multimodally, with the integration of …
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Media Transformations: Framing, Multimodality and Visual Literacy in Contemporary Media Spaces
Multimodal theory has developed out of social semiotics and can be seen as a response to the rise in the use of new technologies for the creation, distribution and consumption of media texts and the need to find new ways of describing and explaining their role in representation and communication. …
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Differences in the Communicative Behavior and Neurobiology of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Bonobos (Pan paniscus)
… bonobos to have an increased reliance on vocal communication compared to chimpanzees. To evaluate this hypothesis 1571 chimpanzee vocal events and 612 bonobo vocal events were analyzed. After analyzing and coding video of communicative interactions it was determined that chimpanzees are more …
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Exploring Urban Latina Third-Graders’ Scientific Communication and Identity Development
… their identities in science through their multimodal scientific communications. Data sources included the girls’ ongoing science journals, student-authored end-of-unit books, and recorded conversations about their conceptions of being a scientist and about their writing. Data were collected …
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Constructing a pedagogical third space with multilingual children: A case study of the bilingual Stars of Today Literacy Club# (STLC#)
… children in co-constructing a multilingual and multimodal literacy club as a third space that calibrated language and literacy learning to their multilingual needs and to research this intervention. My research aimed to answer the questions: How is a bi-multilingual, multimodal third space …
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A qualitative study of three secondary art teachers' conceptualization of visual literacy as manifested through their teaching with electronic technologies
… to integrate multiple literacy skills and multimodal communication in media production and analysis. In response to the larger context of teaching and learning, the findings also suggest the need for a healthy human and technical infrastructure in public schools, recognition of the value of …
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The Effects of Instructor-Avatar Immediacy in Second Life, an Immersive and Interactive 3D Virtual Environment
… immersion and interactions encompassing multimodal communication channels including audio, video, and text-. These are enriched by avatar-mediated body language and physical manipulation of the environment. In this para-physical world, instructors and students alike employ avatars to …
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Textbook, chalkboard, notebook: resemiotization in a Mozambican primary school
… situates classroom writing within a range of multimodal practices which scaffold the written texts. This study employs the notion of resemiotization in order to describe the ways in which signs are transformed as they move between different sites of display. This resemiotization is framed by …
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Komiesa ko speel: Heteroglossia and Multimodality in bilingual children's play in a pre-school space
… children's heteroglossic practices and multimodal communication in their play in a pre-school setting and contrasts them with the teacher's language and literacy practices. The first part of this theoretical framework examines language ideologies such as monoglossia, monolingualism, …
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