Social identity, precision and charity: when less precise speakers are held to stricter standard

Recent has begun to show systematic connections between social information and pragmatic reasoning. These findings raise the question of whether shapes comprehenders' assessments correctness linguistic description in light a single known determined fact. We explore this by testing impact speaker identity on T(ruth)-V(alue) J(udgment)s based interpretation number words. find that imprecise statements from speakers socially expected be less precise – i.e. “Chill" ones are rejected at higher rate, thus held more stringent evaluation standards, than those speak precisely “Nerdy" ones. explain new finding appealing idea that, virtue generally being perceived precise, Nerdy granted epistemic credibility Chill The emerging picture is one which TVJ affected considerations different way other experimental tasks, suggesting nuanced interplay tasks processes