(More fully "communication accommodation theory", "speech accommodation theory") a theoretical approach which analyses the manner in which people adjust their style of speech or interaction in accordance with or in response to that of their interlocutors.
Origin
1970s.
Definition of accommodation theory in US English:
accommodation theory
noun
Sociology Linguistics
(More fully "communication accommodation theory", "speech accommodation theory") a theoretical approach which analyses the manner in which people adjust their style of speech or interaction in accordance with or in response to that of their interlocutors.