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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Linguistics
  • Psychology
  • Philosophy

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  • Speakers and hearers are adept at understanding non-speaker perspectives, despite indirect encoding in language.
  • Perspective interpretation relies on subtle cues beyond explicit morphosyntax, particularly in narrative reporting.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To detail cues for evaluating and maintaining non-speaker perspectives.
  • To introduce an economy-based discourse processing model for perspective.
  • To explore implications for processing viewpoint in speech and narrative.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an economy-based discourse processing model with two core principles: speaker-default with cue-based shifts, and path of least resistance for perspective maintenance.
  • Tested model predictions through offline and online studies.
  • Manipulated attitude report forms and subsequent sentence tenses.

Main Results:

  • The model successfully predicts perspective shifts based on contextual cues.
  • Evidence supports the principle of maintaining perspective along the path of least resistance for coherence.
  • Processing perspective is influenced by linguistic cues and discourse structure.

Conclusions:

  • Listeners actively track and maintain perspectives, defaulting to the speaker but shifting when contextually supported.
  • Discourse processing favors maintaining perspective for coherence, guided by an economy principle.
  • The findings offer insights into how viewpoint is managed in communication and narrative.