Concept
Linguistic accommodation refers to the process by which individuals adjust their speech patterns to align more closely with their conversational partner, often to enhance social harmony, understanding, or rapport. This phenomenon can manifest as convergence, where speakers adopt similar linguistic features, or divergence, where they emphasize differences to assert identity or social distance.
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Concept
Speech Accommodation is the process by which individuals adjust their speech patterns to either converge with or diverge from their conversational partner, often to gain social approval or assert social distance. This linguistic adjustment can affect pronunciation, speech rate, and even word choice, reflecting social dynamics and interpersonal relationships.
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