accommodation theory Flashcards

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who was the accommodation theory developed by and when?

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howard giles and others in the 1970s

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what does the accommodation theory suggest?

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it suggests that we adjust our speech to ‘accommodate’ the person we are addressing. this may result in convergence or divergence

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when does convergence occur?

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this is more common and occurs when we move our speech closer to that of the other person

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when does divergence occur?

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when people’s speech styles move further apart

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convergence ….. the social distance between people

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convergence decreases the social distance between people

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what is downward convergence?

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this is when someone with an RP accent ‘tones down’ their accent to speak to someone with a ‘lower class’ accent

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what is upward convergence?

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if someone with a ‘working class’ accent tries to eliminate some of the stronger regional features of their speech for a job interview with an RP speaker

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what does divergence have the effect of?

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emphasising the differences between people

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what is accent mobility?

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the ability of an individual to modify his/her accent of pronunciation

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when is someone a linguistic chameleon?

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people adapt the language and customs of those around themselves in order to feel like part of a group

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what is miscarried accommodation?

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a distinction we make between subjective accommodation, where you think you’re going or where you want to go, and objective accommodation, where you actually end up

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when is someone overly accommodating?

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if it was the only accommodation you made to a certain speech and so it came out of the blue, it could be considered as a little fake

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when is someone non-accommodative?

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happens if someone is as aggressive

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