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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

Keywords

accommodation theory

Person as a subject

Tajfel, H.

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.