NDLI: Computer programs, dialogicality, and intentionality

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Kolikant, Yifat Ben-David Tenenberg, Josh
Abstract	Computer programs are addressed to two different audiences: to the computer, which interprets the program according to the formal semantics of the programming language in which it is written, and to human readers, who try to discern how the program will operate in a real-world context. In this paper, we use Bakhtin's notion of dialogicality, along with recent research in psycholinguistics and evolutionary psychology, as a theoretical basis for reflecting on the way in which computer programs embed cooperative communicative norms between programmers and program readers, and how these can be and sometimes are exploited in the program text. In doing so, this provides an important set of theoretical lenses for undertaking and interpreting empirical research in computer science education.
Starting Page	99
Ending Page	106
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450327558
DOI	10.1145/2632320.2632351
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2014-07-28
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Common ground Shared intentionality Bakhtin Cooperative discourse maxims Dialogicality Collective intentionality
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Computer programs, dialogicality, and intentionality