First Things First: Order Bias in Deontic Disjunctions

Autor/inn/en	Elqayam, Shira; Ohm, Eyvind; St. B. T. Evans, Jonathan; Over, David E.
Titel	First Things First: Order Bias in Deontic Disjunctions
Quelle	In: Language and Cognitive Processes, 25 (2010) 3, S.375-401 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0169-0965
Schlagwörter	Language Usage; Bias; Interpersonal Communication; Verbal Communication; Linguistics; Listening; Sentence Structure; College Students; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachgebrauch; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Linguistik; Hörvorgang; Zuhören; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Collegestudent; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	In this paper we examine the way disjunctive choices work in conversational context. We focus on disjunctive deontic rules, such as "you must either submit an essay or attend an exam". According to the Gricean "maxim of orderliness", a derivative of the "maxim of manner", people should interpret the first-mentioned option as the one preferred by the speaker. Two experiments demonstrated order bias, a non-logical preference for the first-mentioned option in the disjunctive situations of obligatory choice and free choice permissions, but not in the non-disjunctive situation of obligatory consequences. Order bias influences interpretations of the speaker's preferences, but not of the recipient's preferences; it was mainly a function of the nature of the situation, while linguistic form had only limited effect. We offer a general theoretical framework for order bias as a communicative device, constraining both interpretation and generation of utterances. (Contains 9 footnotes and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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