Communication accommodation theory in conversation with second language learners

dc.contributor.authorRahimian, Mahdi
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeLoureiro-Rodriguez, Verónica (Linguistics) Kouritzin, Sandra (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorHagiwara, Robert (Linguistics)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-22T20:14:36Z
dc.date.available2013-08-22T20:14:36Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-22
dc.degree.disciplineLinguisticsen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this research, Communicative Accommodation Theory (CAT) is investigated while native speakers address nonnative peers. For the intentions of this research, three native speakers of Canadian English were asked to have conversations with native and nonnative peers. The conversations were in the form of giving directions on the map. Later on, the participants’ formants and vowel durations were measured and used for comparing native-nonnative peer effect(s) on the speakers’ vowel formants and duration. Based on the analyses, it is suggested that accommodation may take place based on providing stereotypical vowel durations and formants, as well as reducing inter-token variations in the nonnative peer context.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2013en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/22082
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectCommunication accommodation theoryen_US
dc.subjectSLAen_US
dc.subjectLinguistic categorizationen_US
dc.subjectVowel durationen_US
dc.subjectFormanten_US
dc.subjectL2 acquisitionen_US
dc.subjectL1 acquisitionen_US
dc.subjectOne-way tasken_US
dc.subjectTwo-way tasken_US
dc.titleCommunication accommodation theory in conversation with second language learnersen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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