Communication accommodation theory

Explaining Communication: Contemporary Theories and Exemplars

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 325-344

  Giles, Howard ^a   Ogay, Tania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953561160     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410614308     Document Type: Chapter

References (80)

1. Al-Khatib, M. (1995). The impact of interlocutor sex on linguistic accommodation: A case study of Jordan radio phone-in programs. Multilingua, 14, 133-150.
2. Azuma, S. (1997). Speech accommodation and Japanese Emperor Hirohito. Discourse and Society, 8, 189-202.
3. Baker, M.A. (1991). Reciprocal accommodation: A model for reducing gender bias in managerial communication. Journal of Business Communication, 28, 113-130.
4. Barker, V, Giles, H., Noels, K., Duck, J., Hecht, M., & Clement, R. (2001). The English-only movement: A communication perspective. Journal of Communication, 51, 3-37.
5. Bell, A. (1984). Language style as audience design. Language in Society, 13, 145-204.
6. Bell, A. (1991). Audience accommodation in the mass media. In H.Giles, J.Coupland, & N.Coupland (Eds.), Contexts of accommodation: Developments in applied sociolinguistics. (pp. 69-102). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
7. Bilous, F.R., & Krauss, R.M. (1988). Dominance and accommodation in the conversational behaviors of same- and mixed-gender dyads. Language and Communication, 8, 183-194.
8. Boggs, C., & Giles, H. (1999). "The canary in the cage": The nonaccommodation cycle in the gendered workplace. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 22, 223-245.
9. Bourhis, R.Y. (1979). Language in ethnic interaction: A social psychological approach. In H.Giles & B.Saint-Jacques (Eds.), Language and ethnic relations. (pp. 117-141). Oxford, England: Pergamon.
10. Bourhis, R.Y. (1984). Cross-cultural communication in Montreal: Two field studies since Bill 101. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 46, 33-47.
11. Bourhis, R.Y. (1991). Organizational communication and accommodation: toward some conceptual and empirical links. In H.Giles, J.Coupland, & N.Coupland (Eds.), Contexts of accommodation. Developments in applied sociolinguistics. (pp. 270-303). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
12. Bourhis, R.Y., & Giles, H. (1977). The language of intergroup distinctiveness. In H.Giles (Ed.), Language, ethnicity and intergroup relations. (pp. 119-135). London: Academic.
13. Bourhis, R.Y., Giles, H., & Lambert, W.E. (1975). Social consequences of accommodating one's style of speech: a cross-national investigation. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 6, 55-72.
14. Bourhis, R.Y., Roth, S., & MacQueen, G. (1988). Communication in the hospital setting: A survey of medical and everyday language use amongst patients, nurses and doctors. Social Science and Medicine, 24, 1-8.
15. Bradac, J.J., Mulac, A., & House, A. (1988). Lexical diversity and magnitude of convergent versus divergent style-shifting: Perceptual and evaluative consequences. Language and Communication, 8, 213-228.
16. Buller, D.B., LePoire, B.A., Aune, R.K., & Eloy, S.V (1992). Social perceptions as mediators of the effect of speech rate similarity on compliance. Human Communication Research, 19, 286-311.
17. Burt, S.M. (1994). Code choice in intercultural conversation: Speech accommodation theory and pragmatics. Pragmatics, 4, 535-559.
18. Buzzanell, PM., Burrell, N.A., Stafford, S.R., & Berkowitz, S. (1996). When I call you up and you're not there: Application of Communication Accommodation Theory to telephone answering machine messages. Western Journal of Communication, 60, 310-336.
19. Byrne, D. (1971). The attraction paradigm. New York: Academic.
20. Cargile, A.C., & Giles, H. (1996). Intercultural communication training: Review, critique, and a new theoretical framework. In W.B.Gudykunst (Ed.), Communication yearbook 19 (pp. 385-423). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
21. Coates, J. (1986). Women, men, and language: A sociolinguistic account of sex differences in language. London: Longman.
22. Cohen, E., & Cooper, R.L. (1986). Language and tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 13, 535-563.
23. Coupland, J., Coupland, N., Giles, H., & Henwood, K. (1988). Accommodating the elderly: Invoking and extending a theory. Language in Society, 17, 1-41.
24. Coupland, N. (1984). Accommodation at work: Some phonological data and their implications. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 46, 49-70.
25. Coupland, N., & Giles, H. (eds). (1988). Communication acommodation: Recent advances. Language and Communication, 8(3&4) 175-327.
26. Coupland, N., & Jaworski, A. (1997). Relevance, accommodation, and conversation: Modeling the social dimension of communication. Multilingua, 16, 235-258.
27. Crook, C.W., & Booth, R. (1997). Building rapport in electronic mail using Accommodation Theory. Advances Management Journal, 62, 4-14.
28. Fitzpatrick, M.A., Mulac, A., & Dindia, K. (1995). Gender-preferential language use in spouse and stranger interaction. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 14, 18-39.
29. Fox, S.A., & Giles, H. (1996). Interability communication: Evaluating patronizing encounters. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 15, 265-290.
30. Fox, S.A., Giles, H., Orbe, M.P, & Bourhis, R.Y. (2000). Interability communication: Theoretical perspectives. In D.Braithewaite & T.Thompson (Eds.), Handbook of communication and people with disabilities: Research and application. (pp. 193-222). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
31. Gallois, C., & Callan, VJ. (1991). Interethnic accommodation: The role of norms. In H.Giles, J.Coupland, & N.Coupland (Eds.), Contexts of accommodation: Developments in applied sociolinguistics. (pp. 245-269). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
32. Gallois, C., Franklyn-Stokes, A., Giles, H., & Coupland, N. (1988). Communication accommodation in intercultural encounters. In Y.Y.Kim & W.B.Gudykunst (Eds.), Theories in intercultural communication. (pp. 157-185). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
33. Gallois, C., Giles, H., Jones, E., Cargile, A.C., & Ota, H. (1995). Accommodating to intercultural encounters. Elaborations and extensions. In R.L.Wiseman (Ed.), Intercultural communication theory (Vol. 29, pp. 115-147). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
34. Gardner, M.J., & Jones, E. (1999). Problematic communication in the workplace: Beliefs of superiors and subordinates. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 9, 185-206.
35. Giles, H. (1973). Accent mobility: A model and some data. Anthropological Linguistics, 15, 87-109.
36. Giles, H. (ed.). (1984). The dynamics of speech accommodation. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 46 1-155.
37. Giles, H., & Coupland, N. (1991). Language: Contexts and consequences. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
38. Giles, H., Coupland, N., & Coupland, J. (1991). Accommodation theory: Communication, context, and consequence. In H.Giles, J.Coupland, & N.Coupland (Eds.), Contexts of accommodation: Developments in applied sociolinguistics. (pp. 1-68). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
39. Giles, H., & Johnson, P (1987). Ethnolinguistic identity theory: A social psychological approach to language maintenance. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 68, 69-99.
40. Giles, H., Mulac, A., Bradac, J.J., & Johnson, P (1987). Speech accommodation theory: The first decade and beyond. In M.McLaughlin (Ed.), Communication yearbook (Vol. 10, pp. 13-48). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
41. Giles, H., & Powesland, P.F. (1975). Speech styles and social evaluation. London: Academic Press.
42. Giles, H., Taylor, D.M., & Bourhis, R.Y. (1973). Towards a theory of interpersonal accomodation through speech: Some Canadian data. Language in society, 2, 177-192.
43. Giles, H., Williams, A., & Coupland, N. (1990). Communication, health and the elderly: Frameworks, agenda and a model. In H.Giles, N.Coupland, & J.M.Wiemann (Eds.), Communication, health and the elderly. (pp. 1-29). Manchester, England: Manchester University Press.
44. Gregory, S.W., & Webster, S. (1996). A nonverbal signal in voices of interview partners effectively predicts communication accommodation and social status predictions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 1231-1240.
45. Gudykunst, W.B. (1995). Anxiety/uncertainty management (AUM) theory: Current status. In R.L.Wiseman (Ed.), Intercultural communication theory. (pp. 8-58). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
46. Hamilton, H. (1991). Accommodation and mental disability. In H.Giles, N.Coupland, & J.Coupland (Eds.), Contexts of accommodation. (pp. 157-186). New York: Cambridge University Press.
47. Hannah, A., & Murachver, T. (1999). Gender and conversational style as predictors of conversational behavior. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 18, 153-174.
48. Harwood, J., & Giles, H. (1996). Reactions to older people being patronized: The roles of response strategies and attributed thoughts. Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 15, 395-421.
49. Harwood, J., Giles, H., & Bourhis, R.Y. (1994). The genesis of vitality theory: Historical patterns and discoursal dimensions. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 108, 168-206.
50. Hogg, M.A. (1985). Masculine and feminine speech in dyads and groups: A study of speech style and gender salience. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 4, 99-112.
51. Hogg, M.A., D'Agata, P, & Abrams, D. (1989). Ethnolinguistic betrayal and speaker evaluations across Italian Australians. Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs, 115, 155-181.
52. Jones, E., Gallois, C., Barker, M., & Callan, VJ. (1994). Evaluations of interactions between students and academic staff: Influence of communication accommodation, ethnic group, and status. Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 13, 158-191.
53. Kemper, S., Vandeputte, D., Rice, K., Cheung, H., & Gubarchuk, J. (1995). Speech adjustments to aging during a referential communication task. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 14, 40-59.
54. Kraemer, R., Olshtain, E., & Badier, S. (1994). Ethnolinguistic vitality, attitudes, and networks of linguistic contact: The case of the Israeli Arab minority. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 108, 79-95.
55. Lawson, S., & Sachdev, I. (2000). Code-switching in Tunisia: Attitudinal and behavioral dimensions. Journal of Pragmatics, 32, 1343-1361.
56. Lawson-Sako, S., & Sachdev, I. (1996). Ethnolinguistic communication in Tunisian streets: Convergence and divergence. In Y.Suleiman (Ed.), Language and identity in the Middle East and North Africa. (pp. 61-79). Richmond, VA: Curzon.
57. Levin, H., & Lin, T. (1988). An accommodating witness. Language and Communication, 8, 195-198.
58. Linell, P. (1991). Accommodation on trial: Processes of communicative accommodation in courtroom interaction. In H.Giles, J.Coupland, & N.Coupland (Eds.), Contexts of accommodation: Developments in applied international handbook of contemporary research. (pp. 332-342). New York: Cambridge University Press.
59. Meyerhoff, M. (1998). Accommodating your data: The use and misuse of accommodation theory in sociolinguistics. Language and Communication, 18, 205-225.
60. Montepare, J.M., & Vega, C. (1988). Women's vocal reactions to intimate and causal male friends. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 14, 103-112.
61. Niedzielski, N., & Giles, H. (1996). Linguistic accommodation. In H.Goebl, PH.Nelde, Z.Stary, & W.Wolck (Eds.), Contact linguistics: An international handbook of contemporary research. (pp. 332-342). Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter.
62. Pittam, J., & Gallois, C. (1999). Negotiating a working consensus: Conversations about HIV and AIDS. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 9, 207-222.
63. Preston, D.R. (1981). The ethnography of TESOL. TESOL Quarterly, 15, 105-116.
64. Ross, S., & Shortreed, I.M. (1990). Japanese foreigner talk: Convergence or divergence? Journal of AsianPacific Communication, 1, 135-145.
65. Ryan, E.B., Giles, H., Bartolucci, G., & Henwood, K. (1986). Psycholinguistic and social psychological components of communication by and with older adults. Language and Communication, 6, 1-22.
66. Ryan, E.B., Kennaley, D.E., Pratt, M.W., & Shumovich, M.A. (2000). Evaluations by staff, residents, and community seniors of patronizing speech in the nursing home: Impact of passive, assertive, or humorous responses. Psychology and Aging, 15, 272-285.
67. Shepard, C.A., Giles, H., & Le Poire, B.A. (2001). Communication accommodation theory. In W.PRobinson & H.Giles (Eds.), The new handbook of language and social psychology. (pp. 33-56). New York: Wiley.
68. Simard, L., Taylor, D.M., & Giles, H. (1976). Attribution processes and interpersonal accommodation in a bilingual setting. Language and Speech, 19, 374-387.
69. Sparks, B., & Callan, VJ. (1992). Communication and the service encounter: The value of convergence. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 11, 213-224.
70. Street, R.L., Jr. (1982). Evaluation of noncontent speech accommodation. Language and Communication, 2, 13-31.
71. Street, R.L., Jr. (1991). Accommodation in medical consultations. In H.Giles, J.Coupland, & N.Coupland (Eds.), Contexts of accommodation. Developments in applied sociolinguistics. (pp. 131-156). Cambridge, Engand: Cambridge University Press.
72. Tajfel, H., & Turner, J.C. (1986). The social identity theory of intergroup relations. In W.Austin & S.Worchel (Eds.), Psychology of intergroup relations (2nd ed., pp. 7-17). Chicago: Nelson Hall.
73. Thakerar, J.N., Giles, H., & Cheshire, J. (1982). Psychological and linguistic parameters of speech accommodation theory. In C.Eraser & K.R.Scherer (Eds.), Advances in the social psychology of language. (pp. 205-255). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
74. Thomson, R., Murachver, T, & Green, J. (2001). Where is the gender in gendered language? Psychological Science, 12, 171-175.
75. Tong, Y.-Y., Hong, Y.-Y., Lee, S.-L., & Chiu, C.-Y. (1999). Language use as a carrier of social identity. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 23, 281-296.
76. van den Berg, M.E. (1986). Language planning and language use in Taiwan: A study of language choice behavior in public settings. Taipei, Taiwan: Crane.
77. Watson, B., & Gallois, C. (1999). Communication accommodation between patients and health professionals: Themes and strategies in satisfying and unsatisfying encounters. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 9, 167-183.
78. Williams, A. (1999). Communication accommodation theory and miscommunication: Issues of awareness and communication dilemmas. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 9, 151-165.
79. Williams, A., & Giles, H. (1996). Intergenerational conversations: Young adults' retrospective accounts. Human Communication Research, 23, 220-250.
80. Woolard, K.A. (1989). Double talk: Bilingualism and the politics of ethnicity in Catalonia. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.