Communication Accommodation Theory: Negotiating Personal Relationships and Social Identities across Contexts

232 Pages·2016·1.25 MB·English

by  Howard Giles

Communication Accommodation Theory
Mostpeoplemodifytheirwaysofspeaking,writing,texting,emailing,andso
on,accordingtothepeoplewithwhomtheyarecommunicating.Thisfascin-
atingbookaskswhywe“accommodate”toothersinthisway,andexplores
thevarioussocialconsequencesarisingfromit.CommunicationAccommo-
dation Theory (CAT), revised and elaborated over the past forty years, has
beenappliedtoawiderangeofsituations,fromfamiliestocourtrooms,and
frommediatohospitals,bymeansofdiversemethodologiesinmanydiscip-
lines,andacrossnumerouslanguagesandcultures.Bringingtogetherateam
ofexperts,thebookdemonstrateshowthetheorycanhelpustowardagreater
understanding of interpersonal communication in a multitude of contexts.
Finally, it examines the principles of the theory, identifying a range of
avenuesalongwhichresearchcanmoveforwardinfuture.
howard giles is Distinguished Professor of Communication at the
UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraandHonoraryProfessorintheSchool
ofPsychology,UniversityofQueensland,Brisbane,Australia.

Communication Accommodation
Theory
Negotiating Personal Relationships and Social
Identities Across Contexts
Edited by Howard Giles
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Contents
List of Figures pagevii
List of Tables viii
Notes onContributors ix
Acknowledgments xii
1 The Social Origins of CAT 1
howard giles
2 Theoretical Perspectives on Interpersonal Adjustments in
Languageand Communication 13
jessica gasiorek
3 AccommodativeStrategies as Core ofthe Theory 36
marko dragojevic, jessica gasiorek and
howard giles
4 Methodsof CAT Inquiry: Quantitative Studies 60
jordan soliz and gretchen bergquist
5 The “DarkSide” of CAT: Nonaccommodation 85
jessica gasiorek
6 CAT and Talk inAction 105
cindy gallois, ann weatherall and howard giles
7 Intergroup Accommodation, Social Categories, and Identities 123
nicholas a. palomares, howard giles,
jordan soliz and cindy gallois
8 AccommodatingHealth 152
bernadette m. watson, liz jones
and david g. hewett
9 CAT on Trial 169
augusto gnisci, howard giles and jordan soliz
v
vi Contents
10 Communication Accommodation Theory: Integrations and New
FrameworkDevelopments 192
cindy gallois, jessica gasiorek, howard giles
and jordan soliz
Index 211
Figures
4.1 Frequency of quantitativestudies employing CAT (1973–2015) page 62
7.1 The intergroup process model ofcommunication accommodation
theory 142
9.1 Accommodativepathwaysin thecourtroom 178
vii
Tables
2.1 Comparison oftheories and constructs of interpersonal
adjustment page 20
4.1 Categories for contextsof inquiry 63
4.2 Description ofbehaviorsfor effect size meta-analysis 66
4.3 Categories ofpredictors and outcomesof accommodation
behavior from Soliz & Giles (2014) 67
4.4 Meta-analytical data for correlates and group difference 69
viii