Talking Like One of Us: Effects of Using Regional Language in a Humanoid Social Robot

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.05024v1
• Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:21:57 GMT
• Title: Talking Like One of Us: Effects of Using Regional Language in a Humanoid Social Robot
• Abstract summary: We investigate the effects of spoken language varieties of a non-standard/regional language compared to standard language.<n>We compare a human dialog with a humanoid social robot Pepper where the robot on the one hand is answering in High German and on the other hand in Low German.<n>Our results show that significantly higher warmth is perceived in the Low German version of the conversation.
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• Abstract: Social robots are becoming more and more perceptible in public service settings. For engaging people in a natural environment a smooth social interaction as well as acceptance by the users are important issues for future successful Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). The type of verbal communication has a special significance here. In this paper we investigate the effects of spoken language varieties of a non-standard/regional language compared to standard language. More precisely we compare a human dialog with a humanoid social robot Pepper where the robot on the one hand is answering in High German and on the other hand in Low German, a regional language that is understood and partly still spoken in the northern parts of Germany. The content of what the robot says remains the same in both variants. We are interested in the effects that these two different ways of robot talk have on human interlocutors who are more or less familiar with Low German in terms of perceived warmth, competence and possible discomfort in conversation against a background of cultural identity. To measure these factors we use the Robotic Social Attributes Scale (RoSAS) on 17 participants with an age ranging from 19 to 61. Our results show that significantly higher warmth is perceived in the Low German version of the conversation.

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