Angela Grimminger
List of John Benjamins publications in which Angela Grimminger is involved.
2024 Explain with , rather than explain to: How explainees shape their own learning Interaction Studies 25:2, pp. 244–255 | Article
Research about explanation processes is gaining relevance because of the increased popularity of artificial systems required to explain their function or outcome. Following an interactive approach, not only explainers, but also explainees contribute to successful interactions. However, little is… read more
2024 Changes in the topical structure of explanations are related to explainees’ multimodal behaviour Interaction Studies 25:3, pp. 257–280 | Article
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… read more
2012 Children’s lexical skills and task demands affect gestural behavior in mothers of late-talking children and children with typical language development Gesture and Multimodal Development, Colletta, Jean-Marc and Michèle Guidetti (eds.), pp. 129–155 | Article
To evaluate the influence of lexical development and task demands on maternal gestural behavior, we observed 17 German-speaking mothers and their children with typically language development (TD) and 9 mothers with their late talkers (LT) aged 22–25 months in task-oriented dialogues. Mothers… read more
2010 Children’s lexical skills and task demands affect gestural behavior in mothers of late-talking children and children with typical language development Gesture and Multimodal Development, Colletta, Jean-Marc and Michèle Guidetti (eds.), pp. 251–278 | Article
To evaluate the influence of lexical development and task demands on maternal gestural behavior, we observed 17 German-speaking mothers and their children with typically language development (TD) and 9 mothers with their late talkers (LT) aged 22–25 months in task-oriented dialogues. Mothers… read more



