Contexts of Accommodation

Klappentext In Contexts of Accommodation, accommodation theory is presented as a basis for sociolinguistic explanation, and it is the applied perspective that predominates this edited collection. Zusammenfassung In Contexts of Accommodation! accommodation theory is presented as a basis for sociolinguistic explanation! and it is the applied perspective that predominates this edited collection. The book seeks to demonstrate how the core concepts and relationships invoked by accommodation theory are available for addressing altogether pragmatic concerns. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; 1. Accommodation theory: communication, context and consequence Howard Giles, Nikolas Coupland and Justine Coupland; 2. Audience accommodation in the mass media Allan Bell; 3. Accommodation on trial: processes of communicative accommodation in courtroom interaction Per Linell; 4. Accommodation in medical consultations Richard L. Street, Jr; 5. Accommodation and mental disability Heidi E. Hamilton; 6. Accommodation in therapy Kathleen Ferrara; 7. Accommodation in native-nonnative interactions: going beyond the 'what' to the 'why' in second-language research Jane Zuengler; 8. Interethnic accommodation: the role of norms Cynthia Gallois and Victor J. Callan; 9. Organisational communication and accommodation: toward some conceptual and empirical links Richard Y. Bourhis; Index.

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• Authors: Howard Giles
• Assisted by: Justine Coupland (Editor), Justine Dr Coupland (Editor), Nikolas Coupland (Editor), Coupland Justine (Editor), Howard Giles (Editor), Giles Howard (Editor), Keith Oatley (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521369602
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36960-2
• Series: Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction; Studies in Emotion and Social; Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics