Linguistic Accommodation in Summary
In linguistics , the term accommodation refers to the way people adjust their speech and communication style in face-to-face and other types of communication. It is also called linguistic accommodation, speech accommodation, and communication accommodation. The speakers would adjust their accent, diction, or other aspects of language according to the speech style of the other participant. People generally accommodate due to social factors such as gender, culture, ethnicity, native language, social and occupational status, and age. Consider how you might change your own speech when talking to someone older or considerably richer than yourself. Accommodation most often takes the form of convergence , when a speaker chooses a language variety that seems to fit the style of the other speaker. Less frequently, accommodation may take the form of divergence , when a speaker signals social distance or disapproval by using a language variety that differs from the style of the other speak...