Communication Accommodation Theory
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Communication Accommodation Theory

Negotiating Personal Relationships and Social Identities across Contexts

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eBook - PDF

Communication Accommodation Theory

Negotiating Personal Relationships and Social Identities across Contexts

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Table of contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Notes on Contributors
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. 1 The Social Origins of CAT
  11. 2 Theoretical Perspectives on Interpersonal Adjustments in Language and Communication
  12. 3 Accommodative Strategies as Core of the Theory
  13. 4 Methods of CAT Inquiry: Quantitative Studies
  14. 5 The ‘‘Dark Side’’ of CAT: Nonaccommodation
  15. 6 CAT and Talk in Action
  16. 7 Intergroup Accommodation, Social Categories, and Identities
  17. 8 Accommodating Health
  18. 9 CAT on Trial
  19. 10 Communication Accommodation Theory: Integrations and New Framework Developments
  20. Index