Communication Styles and Speech Accommodation in Conversation in The Johnsons

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dc.contributor.authorOlufadi, Kifayat Gambari
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-25T12:49:46Z
dc.date.available2019-06-25T12:49:46Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.description.abstractCommunication Styles and Speech Accommodation in Conversation in The Johnsons Kifayat, GAMBARI OLUFADI olufadi.k@unilorin.edu.ng Abstract In interaction, we adjust and adapt our communication to our fellow speakers. Sometimes these adjustments are done on purpose: we simplify explanations; change our speech rate, lexical choices and even syntax to be more or less similar to our interlocutor’s. These processes are simply regarded as accommodation. This paper sought to investigate how and why the characters in the African Magic Family Television drama series The Johnsons accommodate one another. The theoretical approach adapted for the analysis of the data was Howard Giles’ (1973) Communication Accommodation Theory. We discovered that some characters converged while others diverged during interactions. Communication Accommodation Theory projects every day situation in all forms of interaction in various social spheres. As long as people communicate, accommodation occurs. It is mostly an unconscious act but can be easily recognized.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSelfen_US
dc.identifier.issn0029-0009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2319
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEnglish Scholars' Association of Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeriaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 20 No. 1 & 2;
dc.subjectAccommodation,en_US
dc.subjectConvergence,en_US
dc.subjectDivergence,en_US
dc.subjectOver-accommodationen_US
dc.titleCommunication Styles and Speech Accommodation in Conversation in The Johnsonsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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