Communication Accommodation Theory: Negotiating Personal Relationships and Social Identities across Contexts
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Communication Accommodation Theory: Negotiating Personal Relationships and Social Identities across Contexts

Communication Accommodation Theory: Negotiating Personal Relationships and Social Identities across Contexts

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Howard Giles (Contributor)  

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Most people modify their ways of speaking, writing, texting, and e-mailing, and so on, according to the people with whom they are communicating. This fascinating book asks why we 'accommodate' to others in this way, and explores the various social consequences arising from it. Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT), revised and elaborated over the past 40 years, has been applied to a wide range of situations, from families to courtrooms, and from media to hospitals, by means of diverse methodologies in many disciplines, and across numerous languages and cultures. Bringing together a team of experts, this book demonstrates how the theory can help us towards a greater understanding of interpersonal communication in a multitude of contexts. Finally, it examines the principles of the theory, identifying a range of avenues along which research can move forward in future. 5 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white
Howard Giles is Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Honorary Professor in the School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
  • Contributor: Howard Giles
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9781107105829
  • Number of Pages: 230
  • Packaged Dimensions: 158x235x17mm
  • Packaged Weight: 480
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2016-08-18
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Howard Giles is Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Honorary Professor in the School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane.

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