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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
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.