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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Speakers often use non-sentential replies (e.g., "The movies") instead of full sentences (e.g., "I went to the movies") in response to information-seeking questions.
  • Understanding the factors influencing this linguistic choice is crucial for comprehending natural language production.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of pragmatic factors, specifically politeness and formality, on the use of non-sentential replies.
  • To examine the role of memory retrieval, assessed by response latency and disfluencies, in the production of non-sentential replies.

Main Methods:

  • Participants responded to questions about their personal lives.
  • Pragmatic instructions (politeness, formality, or none) were assigned to participants.
  • Response latency and initial disfluencies were measured to index memory retrieval.

Main Results:

  • Pragmatic factors significantly affected response type: instructed politeness or formality led to fewer non-sentential replies.
  • Memory retrieval, indicated by response latency and disfluencies, did not show a simple correlation with non-sentential reply production.
  • The impact of response latency and disfluencies was contingent on the pragmatic instructions given.

Conclusions:

  • Politeness and formality are key pragmatic drivers in the choice between full and non-sentential replies.
  • The relationship between memory retrieval and non-sentential responses is complex and moderated by social-communicative goals.