---
_id: '59888'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Everyday explanations are interactive processes with the aim to provide a
    less knowledgeable person with reasonable information about other people, objects,
    or events. Because explanations are interactive communicative processes, the topical
    structure of an explanation may vary dynamically depending on the immediate feedback
    of the explainee. In this paper, we analyse topical transitions in medical explanations
    organised by different physicians (explainers) related to different forms of multimodal
    behaviour of caregivers (explainees) attending an explanation about the procedures
    of\r\nan upcoming surgery of a child. The analyses reveal that explainees’ multimodal
    behaviour with gaze shifts (and particularly gaze aversion) can predict a transition
    from an elaborated topic to a new one, whereas explainees’ forms of multimodal
    behaviour with static gaze cannot be related to changes of the topical structure."
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Stefan Teodorov
  full_name: Lazarov, Stefan Teodorov
  id: '90345'
  last_name: Lazarov
  orcid: 0009-0009-0892-9483
- first_name: Kai
  full_name: Biermeier, Kai
  id: '55908'
  last_name: Biermeier
  orcid: 0000-0002-2879-2359
- first_name: Angela
  full_name: Grimminger, Angela
  id: '57578'
  last_name: Grimminger
citation:
  ama: Lazarov ST, Biermeier K, Grimminger A. Changes in the topical structure of
    explanations are related to explainees’ multimodal behaviour. <i>Interaction Studies</i>.
    2024;25(3):257-280. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.23033.laz">10.1075/is.23033.laz</a>
  apa: Lazarov, S. T., Biermeier, K., &#38; Grimminger, A. (2024). Changes in the
    topical structure of explanations are related to explainees’ multimodal behaviour.
    <i>Interaction Studies</i>, <i>25</i>(3), 257–280. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.23033.laz">https://doi.org/10.1075/is.23033.laz</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Lazarov_Biermeier_Grimminger_2024, title={Changes in the topical
    structure of explanations are related to explainees’ multimodal behaviour}, volume={25},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.23033.laz">10.1075/is.23033.laz</a>},
    number={3}, journal={Interaction Studies}, publisher={John Benjamins}, author={Lazarov,
    Stefan Teodorov and Biermeier, Kai and Grimminger, Angela}, year={2024}, pages={257–280}
    }'
  chicago: 'Lazarov, Stefan Teodorov, Kai Biermeier, and Angela Grimminger. “Changes
    in the Topical Structure of Explanations Are Related to Explainees’ Multimodal
    Behaviour.” <i>Interaction Studies</i> 25, no. 3 (2024): 257–80. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.23033.laz">https://doi.org/10.1075/is.23033.laz</a>.'
  ieee: 'S. T. Lazarov, K. Biermeier, and A. Grimminger, “Changes in the topical structure
    of explanations are related to explainees’ multimodal behaviour,” <i>Interaction
    Studies</i>, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 257–280, 2024, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.23033.laz">10.1075/is.23033.laz</a>.'
  mla: Lazarov, Stefan Teodorov, et al. “Changes in the Topical Structure of Explanations
    Are Related to Explainees’ Multimodal Behaviour.” <i>Interaction Studies</i>,
    vol. 25, no. 3, John Benjamins, 2024, pp. 257–80, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.23033.laz">10.1075/is.23033.laz</a>.
  short: S.T. Lazarov, K. Biermeier, A. Grimminger, Interaction Studies 25 (2024)
    257–280.
date_created: 2025-05-14T06:25:13Z
date_updated: 2025-06-27T13:57:36Z
doi: 10.1075/is.23033.laz
intvolume: '        25'
issue: '3'
keyword:
- explanations
- multimodal behaviour
- elaborations
- conditional probabilities
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/is.23033.laz#metrics_content
oa: '1'
page: 257 - 280
project:
- _id: '112'
  grant_number: '438445824'
  name: 'TRR 318 - A02: TRR 318 - Verstehensprozess einer Erklärung beobachten und
    auswerten (Teilprojekt A02)'
publication: Interaction Studies
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1572-0381
publication_status: published
publisher: John Benjamins
status: public
title: Changes in the topical structure of explanations are related to explainees’
  multimodal behaviour
type: journal_article
user_id: '90345'
volume: 25
year: '2024'
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