Communication constraints on the linguistic intergroup bias |
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Authors: | Gün R Semin Lorena Gil de Montes |
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Institution: | a Department of Social Psychology, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands b Department of Social Psychology, University of the Basque Country, Spain |
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Abstract: | We examined whether the linguistic intergroup bias (LIB) is a context-free, invariant process or influenced by communicative purpose. The reported experiment shows that biased language use (positive behaviors of a partner and negative behaviors of an opponent are described with abstract predicates, negative partner and positive opponent behaviors are described with concrete predicates) occurs only when the communication has a clear purpose, but not when it does not. The implications of communicative purpose as a constraint on the psychological processes driving the LIB are discussed as well as the possible impact of biased language use upon recipients. |
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