Causes and Consequences of Convergence

<p> In speech convergence, people's speech becomes more like the speech they hear. Such convergence behavior has been observed along many domains of linguistic structure and in many different situational contexts. Convergence has been argued to be socially motivated (Communication Accommo...

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Main Author: Heath, Jevon Scot
Language:EN
Published: University of California, Berkeley 2017
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Online Access:http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10256342