Native speaker–non-native speaker interaction: More than one type of accommodation
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https://doi.org/10.1558/sols.32895Keywords:
ACCOMMODATION, CONVERGENCE, DIVERGENCE, COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE, WORD INITIAL GEMINATIONAbstract
The leading studies in sociolinguistics and conversation analysis regarding the accommodation theory in an Italian context (Grassi, 2007; Orletti, 2000; Vietti, 2008) provided the source and inspiration for this study. Two fieldwork studies will be discussed, in which the two opposing purposes – convergence or divergence – that accommodation strategies can be used for, are clearly apparent. All data is in Italian and was taken from a corpus of spontaneous conversations between native speakers (NS) and non-native speakers (NNS), observed and recorded in the urban context of the city of Turin. This represents a typical case of interethnic communication, one where issues of multilingualism and multiculturalism come to the fore. Two contexts in particular will be examined: a formal one in which NS adults interact with NNS adults at a railway station information desk, and an informal one where NNS adolescents converse with both NNS adolescents and NS adults. In the latter, the accommodation strategies will primarily be related to phonetic segments with strong symbolic value; whereas in the former, multiple accommodation strategies are used, among which most frequently the management of the linguistic code and the use of prosodic aspects.References
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Andorno, C. and Rastelli, S. (2009) Corpora di italiano L2. Tecnologie, metodi, spunti teorici. Perugia: Guerra.
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Giles, H., Coupland, N. and Coupland, J. (1991) Accommodation theory: Communication, context, and consequences. In H. Giles, N. Coupland and J. Coupland (eds) Contexts of accommodation: Developments in applied sociolinguistics: 1–68. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Iannàccaro, G. (ed.) (2013) La linguistica italiana all’alba del terzo millennio (1997–2010). Roma: Bulzoni.
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Lakoff, R. T. (1973) The logic of politeness, or minding your p’s and q’s. Chicago Linguistics Society 9: 292–305.
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Mendoza-Denton, N. (2008) Homegirls: Language and cultural practice among Latina youth gangs. Oxford: Blackwell. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470693728.
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Røyneland, U. (2005) Dialektnivellering, ungdom og identitet. Oslo: University of Oslo.
Valentini, A. (1994) Un caso di comunicazione esolingue: il foreigner talk. Quaderni del Dipartimento di Linguistica e Letterature comparate (Università di Bergamo) 10: 397–411.
Valentini, A., Molinelli, P., Cuzzolin, P. and Bernini, G. (eds) (2003) Ecologia linguistica. Roma: Bulzoni.
Vietti, A. (2003) Come costruire un’intervista “ecologica”: per una interpretazione contestualizzata dei dati. In A. Valentini, P. Molinelli, P. Cuzzolin and G. Bernini (eds) Ecologia linguistica 161–184. Roma: Bulzoni.
Vietti, A. (2005a) Come gli immigrati cambiano l’italiano. L’italiano di peruviane come varietà etnica. Milano: FrancoAngeli.
Vietti, A. (2005b) Approcci quantitativi all’analisi della variazione linguistica: il caso di GOLDVARB 2001. Linguistica e Filologia 20: 31–69.
Vietti, A. (2007) Quale italiano parlano gli immigrati? Imparare una lingua o ‘ricrearne’ una propria. In M. Chini, P. Desideri, M. E. Favilla and G. Pallotti (eds) Imparare una lingua: recenti sviluppi teorici e proposte applicative. Proceedings from the VI Congresso internazionale dell’AItLA, Napoli, February 9–10th 2006 187–207. Perugia: Guerra.
Watson, B. and Gallois, C. (1998) Nurturing communication by health professionals toward patients: A communication accommodation theory approach. Health Communication 10(4): 343–355. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327027hc1004_3.
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Boario, A. (2018). Native speaker–non-native speaker interaction: More than one type of accommodation. Sociolinguistic Studies, 11(2-3-4), 291-312. https://doi.org/10.1558/sols.32895
