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Conversation, Co-ordination and Convention: An Empirical Investigation of How Groups Establish Linguistic Conventions.
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Garrod, Simon; Doherty, Gwyneth – Cognition, 1994
Examines the influence of conversational interaction on language change. Described two experiments that contrast language coordination between speakers who interacted with the same partner and speakers who interacted with different partners in a maze game context. Suggests that the experiments illustrate how a community affects language change as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Discussion, Interpersonal Communication, Language Attitudes