Interpreting Microaggressions: The Role of Discourse Context, Recipient Status, and Observers’ Political Orientation
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published online on November 11, 2025
Abstract
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Ahead of Print.
Microaggressions require an inferential process for their aggressive intent to be recognized. Using approaches from pragmatics, especially relevance theory, we conducted experiments to examine factors predicted to influence perceptions of an utterance as ...
Microaggressions require an inferential process for their aggressive intent to be recognized. Using approaches from pragmatics, especially relevance theory, we conducted experiments to examine factors predicted to influence perceptions of an utterance as ...