---
_id: '17199'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Research of tutoring in parent-infant interaction has shown that tutors -
    when presenting some action - modify both their verbal and manual performance
    for the learner (‘motherese’, ‘motionese’). Investigating the sources and effects
    of the tutors’ action modifications, we suggest an interactional account of ‘motionese’.
    Using video-data from a semi-experimental study in which parents taught their
    8 to 11 month old infants how to nest a set of differently sized cups, we found
    that the tutors’ action modifications (in particular: high arches) functioned
    as an orienting device to guide the infant’s visual attention (gaze). Action modification
    and the recipient’s gaze can be seen to have a reciprocal sequential relationship
    and to constitute a constant loop of mutual adjustments. Implications are discussed
    for developmental research and for robotic ‘Social Learning’. We argue that a
    robot system could use on-line feedback strategies (e.g. gaze) to pro-actively
    shape a tutor’s action presentation as it emerges.'
author:
- first_name: Karola
  full_name: Pitsch, Karola
  last_name: Pitsch
- first_name: Anna-Lisa
  full_name: Vollmer, Anna-Lisa
  last_name: Vollmer
- first_name: Katharina
  full_name: Rohlfing, Katharina
  id: '50352'
  last_name: Rohlfing
- first_name: Jannik
  full_name: Fritsch, Jannik
  last_name: Fritsch
- first_name: Britta
  full_name: Wrede, Britta
  last_name: Wrede
citation:
  ama: 'Pitsch K, Vollmer A-L, Rohlfing K, Fritsch J, Wrede B. Tutoring in adult-child-interaction:
    On the loop of the tutor’s action modification and the recipient’s gaze. <i>Interaction
    Studies</i>. 2014;15(1):55-98. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.15.1.03pit">10.1075/is.15.1.03pit</a>'
  apa: 'Pitsch, K., Vollmer, A.-L., Rohlfing, K., Fritsch, J., &#38; Wrede, B. (2014).
    Tutoring in adult-child-interaction: On the loop of the tutor’s action modification
    and the recipient’s gaze. <i>Interaction Studies</i>, <i>15</i>(1), 55–98. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.15.1.03pit">https://doi.org/10.1075/is.15.1.03pit</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Pitsch_Vollmer_Rohlfing_Fritsch_Wrede_2014, title={Tutoring in
    adult-child-interaction: On the loop of the tutor’s action modification and the
    recipient’s gaze}, volume={15}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.15.1.03pit">10.1075/is.15.1.03pit</a>},
    number={1}, journal={Interaction Studies}, publisher={John Benjamins Publishing
    Company}, author={Pitsch, Karola and Vollmer, Anna-Lisa and Rohlfing, Katharina
    and Fritsch, Jannik and Wrede, Britta}, year={2014}, pages={55–98} }'
  chicago: 'Pitsch, Karola, Anna-Lisa Vollmer, Katharina Rohlfing, Jannik Fritsch,
    and Britta Wrede. “Tutoring in Adult-Child-Interaction: On the Loop of the Tutor’s
    Action Modification and the Recipient’s Gaze.” <i>Interaction Studies</i> 15,
    no. 1 (2014): 55–98. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.15.1.03pit">https://doi.org/10.1075/is.15.1.03pit</a>.'
  ieee: 'K. Pitsch, A.-L. Vollmer, K. Rohlfing, J. Fritsch, and B. Wrede, “Tutoring
    in adult-child-interaction: On the loop of the tutor’s action modification and
    the recipient’s gaze,” <i>Interaction Studies</i>, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 55–98,
    2014, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.15.1.03pit">10.1075/is.15.1.03pit</a>.'
  mla: 'Pitsch, Karola, et al. “Tutoring in Adult-Child-Interaction: On the Loop of
    the Tutor’s Action Modification and the Recipient’s Gaze.” <i>Interaction Studies</i>,
    vol. 15, no. 1, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014, pp. 55–98, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.15.1.03pit">10.1075/is.15.1.03pit</a>.'
  short: K. Pitsch, A.-L. Vollmer, K. Rohlfing, J. Fritsch, B. Wrede, Interaction
    Studies 15 (2014) 55–98.
date_created: 2020-06-24T13:01:17Z
date_updated: 2023-02-01T16:10:52Z
department:
- _id: '749'
doi: 10.1075/is.15.1.03pit
intvolume: '        15'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- conversation analysis
- interactional coordination
- adult-child-interaction
- feedback
- gaze
- quantification
- social learning
- motionese
- tutoring
language:
- iso: eng
page: 55-98
publication: Interaction Studies
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1572-0381
publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
status: public
title: 'Tutoring in adult-child-interaction: On the loop of the tutor''s action modification
  and the recipient''s gaze'
type: journal_article
user_id: '14931'
volume: 15
year: '2014'
...