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Preferred term
second-language accommodation theory
Definition
- The theory of linguistic accommodation was first discussed in the 1960s by Howard Giles and his colleagues. A social psychologist rather than a linguist, Giles declared that the foundation of accommodation theory lay in social psychological research on similarity attraction. [Source: Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education; Accommodation Theory, Second-Language]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/second-language_accommodation_theory
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