Accommodation theory Flashcards by Laura Stocker | Brainscape

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Howard Giles (1970s)

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suggests we adjust our speech to ‘accommodate’ the person we are addressing

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Convergence

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when the speech styles of individual speakers move closer together

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Divergence

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when the speech styles of individual speakers move further apart

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