Cross-linguistic norms and perceptions of fairness

What is it about?

When justice violations are mentally encoded using Spanish, as opposed to English, the responsible party seems less salient, and the event is perceived as less unfair. This is because in Spanish the use of non-agentive ("The vase was broken") is more common than in English, in which agentive syntax is more common ("She broke the vase").

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Why is it important?

These results extend our understanding of how language may influence relevant workplace attitudes.