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Desk: drawers, files, folders, papers, paper clips,
stick-ons
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Document:book, chapters, bookmarks, figures, newspapers,
sections, magazines, articles, newsletters, forms
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Photography:albums, photos, photo brackets/holders
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Television:programs, channels, networks, commercials,
viewer guide
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Music:compact disk, cassette, record, tracks,
jukebox
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Deck of cards:cards, piles
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Film:rolls, slide trays, shows, reels, movies,
theatres
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Tree:roots, trunk, branch, leaves
Sets of functions are the verbs of visual-verbal communication.
Typical examples of action concepts and their embodiment include
these:
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Move (purposeful traversal): navigate,
drive, fly
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Browse (low goal-oriented review of
options): Rapid replacement, scanning text lines, window
shopping, thumbing through books,
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Scan (very rapid browsing): fast review
of scrollable items, fast review of buildings, objects,
people, billboards on highway at high speed
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Locate: point, touch, encircle item(s)
Select: touch item, poke item, grab item, lasso item,
place finger on item and slide
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Create: add (new), copy
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Delete: throw away, destroy, lose, recycle,
shred. Delete (temporary or permanent) sometimes consists
of dragging a file icon to a trash can, garbage can, refuse
truck, black hole, or a goat.
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Evaluate: Rotate knob, slide pointer,
twist, spin
Pour, flow: water (pipelines, rivers), electricity.
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