Abstract This Special Issue commemorates the 50th anniversary of communication
accommodation theory (CAT) in 2023, formerly known as speech accommodation theory …

Health care consumers and patients are increasingly using online health communities
(OHCs) to exchange social support and enhance their well-being. The success of OHCs in …

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

Abstract Studies on Communication Accommodation Theory has advanced rapidly in recent
years. Communication is an important part of human life and from the beginning of human …

The present study analyzes the phenomenon of linguistic accommodation, ie the adaptation
of one's language use to that of one's conversation partner. In a large corpus of private …

In this chapter, the authors provide an overview of communication accommodation theory.
Communication accommodation theory focuses on the communications adjustments …

Police reform movements often focus on improving relationships between police and the
public. These relationships are a primary focus of community policing and procedural …

Patient-perpetrated workplace violence (WPV) in healthcare is common. Although
communication skills trainings are helpful, they may be strengthened by having a theoretical …

With deep roots in the social psychology of language, Howard Giles' communication
accommodation theory (CAT) is, perhaps, the foremost theory guiding theoretical and …

Extending affective speech communication research in the context of authentic,
spontaneous utterances, the present study investigates two signals of affect defined by …