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Publication details [#3743]
Giles, Howard and Philip M. Smith. 1979. Accomodation theory: Optimal levels of convergence. In Giles, Howard and Robert N. St.Clair, eds. Language and social psychology. Basil Blackwell. pp. 45–65.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Person as a subject
Annotation
G. and S. consider the development of accommodation theory (drawing on four social-psychological theories: similarity-attraction, social exchange, causal attribution, and Tajfel's theory of intergroup distinctiveness), and discuss some new data highlighting the 'negative' character of interaction.