Rabu, 11 Februari 2009

Communication Accommodation Strategies

Communication Accommodation Strategies
Convergence
Moderation of a speech style, whether in terms of lexical diversity, rate, accent, language, and/or some other linguistic feature, to become more similar to the interactant
Divergence
Accentuation of a difference between interlocutors on one or a number of linguistic features.
Maintenance
Refusal to alter communication style