---
_id: '17233'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'It has been proposed that the design of robots might benefit from interactions
    that are similar to caregiver–child interactions, which is tailored to children’s
    respective capacities to a high degree. However, so far little is known about
    how people adapt their tutoring behaviour to robots and whether robots can evoke
    input that is similar to child-directed interaction. The paper presents detailed
    analyses of speakers’ linguistic and non-linguistic behaviour, such as action
    demonstration, in two comparable situations: In one experiment, parents described
    and explained to their nonverbal infants the use of certain everyday objects;
    in the other experiment, participants tutored a simulated robot on the same objects.
    The results, which show considerable differences between the two situations on
    almost all measures, are discussed in the light of the computer-as-social-actor
    paradigm and the register hypothesis.'
author:
- first_name: Kerstin
  full_name: Fischer, Kerstin
  last_name: Fischer
- first_name: Kilian
  full_name: Foth, Kilian
  last_name: Foth
- first_name: Katharina
  full_name: Rohlfing, Katharina
  id: '50352'
  last_name: Rohlfing
- first_name: Britta
  full_name: Wrede, Britta
  last_name: Wrede
citation:
  ama: 'Fischer K, Foth K, Rohlfing K, Wrede B. Mindful tutors: Linguistic choice
    and action demonstration in speech to infants and a simulated robot. <i>Interaction
    Studies</i>. 2011;12(1):134-161. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.12.1.06fis">10.1075/is.12.1.06fis</a>'
  apa: 'Fischer, K., Foth, K., Rohlfing, K., &#38; Wrede, B. (2011). Mindful tutors:
    Linguistic choice and action demonstration in speech to infants and a simulated
    robot. <i>Interaction Studies</i>, <i>12</i>(1), 134–161. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.12.1.06fis">https://doi.org/10.1075/is.12.1.06fis</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Fischer_Foth_Rohlfing_Wrede_2011, title={Mindful tutors: Linguistic
    choice and action demonstration in speech to infants and a simulated robot}, volume={12},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.12.1.06fis">10.1075/is.12.1.06fis</a>},
    number={1}, journal={Interaction Studies}, publisher={John Benjamins Publishing
    Company}, author={Fischer, Kerstin and Foth, Kilian and Rohlfing, Katharina and
    Wrede, Britta}, year={2011}, pages={134–161} }'
  chicago: 'Fischer, Kerstin, Kilian Foth, Katharina Rohlfing, and Britta Wrede. “Mindful
    Tutors: Linguistic Choice and Action Demonstration in Speech to Infants and a
    Simulated Robot.” <i>Interaction Studies</i> 12, no. 1 (2011): 134–61. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.12.1.06fis">https://doi.org/10.1075/is.12.1.06fis</a>.'
  ieee: 'K. Fischer, K. Foth, K. Rohlfing, and B. Wrede, “Mindful tutors: Linguistic
    choice and action demonstration in speech to infants and a simulated robot,” <i>Interaction
    Studies</i>, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 134–161, 2011, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.12.1.06fis">10.1075/is.12.1.06fis</a>.'
  mla: 'Fischer, Kerstin, et al. “Mindful Tutors: Linguistic Choice and Action Demonstration
    in Speech to Infants and a Simulated Robot.” <i>Interaction Studies</i>, vol.
    12, no. 1, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011, pp. 134–61, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/is.12.1.06fis">10.1075/is.12.1.06fis</a>.'
  short: K. Fischer, K. Foth, K. Rohlfing, B. Wrede, Interaction Studies 12 (2011)
    134–161.
date_created: 2020-06-24T13:01:57Z
date_updated: 2023-02-01T12:56:04Z
department:
- _id: '749'
doi: 10.1075/is.12.1.06fis
intvolume: '        12'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- human–robot interaction (HRI)
- social communication
- register theory
- motionese
- robotese
- child-directed speech (CDS)
- motherese
- mindless transfer
- computers-as-social-actors
language:
- iso: eng
page: 134-161
publication: Interaction Studies
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1572-0381
publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
status: public
title: 'Mindful tutors: Linguistic choice and action demonstration in speech to infants
  and a simulated robot'
type: journal_article
user_id: '14931'
volume: 12
year: '2011'
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