English language A-level accommodation theory
- Created by: cameron gallagher
- Created on: 04-10-15 17:47
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- Accommodation theory
- Accommodation theory was developed by Howard Giles in the 1970s
- It suggested that we adjust our speech to accommodate the person who we are talking to through convergence or divergence
- Convergence- this is when we move our speech closer to that of the other person
- Divergence- when people's speech moves further apart from one another increasing the social distance between them
- Divergence has the effect of emphasising the differences between people. two supporters of rival football teams might exaggerate their accents in an argument for example
- Convergence decreases the social distance between people
- Someone with a posh accent may tone it down when speaking to someone else and this is downward convergence
- Someone who isn't very posh may use stronger features in their speech which is called upward convergence
- If both people converge towards each other than this is mutual convergence
- Divergence- when people's speech moves further apart from one another increasing the social distance between them
- Convergence- this is when we move our speech closer to that of the other person
- It suggested that we adjust our speech to accommodate the person who we are talking to through convergence or divergence
- Accommodation theory was developed by Howard Giles in the 1970s
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