The Illusory Transparency of Intention
Does June Understand What Mark Means Because He Means It
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11272903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Boaz Keysar (0000-0003-0461-0618, University of Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-172 |
| Publication date | 2000-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Processes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15326950dp2902_4 |
| OpenAlex | W2065023366 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 8 |
Keysar (1994) reported a perplexing phenomenon: Readers treated communicative intentions as transparent. When a protagonist experienced a negative event and left a sarcastic message, readers thought the addressee would perceive sarcasm more than when the event was positive and the same message sincere. This occurred even when the addressee did not know the protagonist's attitude. Gerrig, Ohaeri, and Brennan (this issue) argue that this phenomenon is methodologically and theoretically flawed. Here I argue that their criticism is unfounded. I explain how the design firmly supports the phenomenon and the theoretical challenges that the phenomenon poses. As I argued before, the phenomenon can be explained by the standard view and by a simpler theory. The challenge is to discover which theory correctly accounts for the phenomenon and more adequately describes language use. I conclude that such nontrivial phenomena should not be shunned but welcomed as useful vehicles for theory evaluation
Cognitive psychology · Criticism · Epistemology · Event (particle physics · Irony · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Sarcasm · Transparency (behavior · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Heuristics and Biases
Individual differences in reasoning
Representativeness Revisited
Communication before communicative intentions
Ambiguity and Self-Evaluation
The Affect Heuristic
Comprehending Speaker Meaning
Bias in perspective-taking during reading
When Do Comprehenders Mentalize for Pragmatic Inference
Children’s Illusory Transparency of Intention
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2023 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |