Jon Oberlander | John Benjamins

Theisen-White, Carrie Ann, Jon Oberlander and Simon Kirby 2012 Systematicity and arbitrariness in novel communication systems Experimental Semiotics: Studies on the emergence and evolution of human communication, Galantucci, Bruno and Simon Garrod (eds.), pp. 15–32 | Article

Arbitrariness and systematicity are two of language’s most fascinating properties. Although both are characterizations of the mappings between signals and meanings, their emergence and evolution in communication systems has generally been explored independently. We present an experiment in which… read more

Theisen-White, Carrie Ann, Jon Oberlander and Simon Kirby 2010 Systematicity and arbitrariness in novel communication systems Experimental Semiotics: A new approach for studying the emergence and the evolution of human communication, Galantucci, Bruno and Simon Garrod (eds.), pp. 14–32 | Article

Arbitrariness and systematicity are two of language’s most fascinating properties. Although both are characterizations of the mappings between signals and meanings, their emergence and evolution in communication systems has generally been explored independently. We present an experiment in which… read more

Good, Judith and Jon Oberlander 2002 Verbal effects of visual programs: Information type, structure and error in program summaries Document Design 3:2, pp. 120–134 | Article

Knott, Alistair, Jon Oberlander, Michael O’Donnell and Chris Mellish 2001 Beyond elaboration: The interaction of relations and focus in coherent text Text Representation: Linguistic and psycholinguistic aspects, Sanders, Ted J.M., Joost Schilperoord and Wilbert Spooren (eds.), pp. 181–196 | Article

Oberlander, Jon and Alex Lascarides 2000 Laconic discourses and total eclipses: abduction in DICE Abduction, Belief and Context in Dialogue: Studies in computational pragmatics, Bunt, Harry and William Black (eds.), pp. 391–412 | Article

Oberlander, Jon 1995 Grice for graphics: Pragmatic implicature in network diagrams Information Design Journal 8:2, pp. 163–179 | Article

Intriguing phenomena occur when experts use computer-assisted design tools in electronics. It can be seen that tools must support information access, 'escape from formalism', 'secondary notation', and differences between individual users. This paper explores a new account for the data, relying on… read more