Style and interaction lecture 2 Flashcards
Define accommodation theory
When people adjust their speech, their vocal patterns and their gestures, to accommodate to others
What communicative features are involved in accommodation theory?
- rate of speech
- pausing
- levels of self-disclosure
- bodily posture
- key (e.g. light-heartedness versus seriousness)
What are the two types of accommodation?
Convergent and divergent
What are examples of verbal accommodation?
Humour, storytelling and politeness
What are the 6 non-verbal accommodations?
Paralinguistics
non-linguistic features
Kinesics
Face expression and gestures
Haptics
Touch, hand shakes
Proxemics
Proximity of people
Appearance
Chronemics
How time is valued, is punctuality valued or in a rush?
Define kinesic convergence
Mirroring someones body language
Define paralinguistic accommodation
Pronunciation, speech rate (tempo), vocal intensity (volume), pause lengths (e.g. umm) and utterance lengths changing to meet style of others
Accommodation theory vs audience design
Similar:
Referee design divergent
Audience design convergent
Different:
Audience design language focussed
Accommodation all forms of communication
