Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) has served as a cross-disciplinary framework
for understanding the adjustments individuals make to create, maintain, or decrease social …

Using footage from body-worn cameras, we analyze the respectfulness of police officer
language toward white and black community members during routine traffic stops. We …

Interlocutors make a variety of verbal and nonverbal adjustments to facilitate comprehension
and enhance relational solidarity. This article examines research on vocal accommodation …

This research examined the relationship between Linguistic Style Matching (LSM)—the
degree to which negotiators coordinate their word use—and negotiation outcome. Nine …

This chapter spotlights communication accommodation theory (CAT: see Giles, Coupland, &
Coupland, 1991)–a longstanding framework (Gallois, Ogay, & Giles, 2005; Giles, 1973) that …

Communication accommodation theory predicts that social power plays an important role in
influencing communicative behaviors. Previous research suggests these effects extend to …

Linguistic style accommodation between conversationalists is associated with positive social
outcomes. We examine social power and personality as factors driving the occurrence of …

This volume is devoted to the fascinating topic of social communication-fascinating because
communication is ubiquitous, in that one cannot not communicate. And yet, the art of …

In this conceptual paper, we argue that host‐country nationals (HCNs), without crossing
geographical and organizational boundaries, experience distinct and complex interaction …

In virtual brand communities, users and firms continuously use different or similar linguistic
styles to communicate with each other. Existing literature has demonstrated that the …