Like speech accommodation theory, communication accommodation theory continues to draw from social psychology, particularly from four main socio-psychology theories: similarity-attraction, social exchange, causal attribution and intergroup distinctiveness. These theories help to explain why speakers seek to converge or diverge from the language, dialect, accent and behavior of their interlocutors.
Communication accommodation theory, like speech accommodation theory, is based on the same four socio-psychological concepts: similarity-attraction, social exchange, causal attribution, and intergroup distinctiveness. These theories explain why speakers adapt their language, dialect, accent, and behavior to align with or contrast with those of their conversation partners.