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Howard Giles

Researcher at University of California, Santa Barbara

Publications -  404
Citations -  25462

Howard Giles is an academic researcher from University of California, Santa Barbara. The author has contributed to research in topics: Communication accommodation theory & Interpersonal communication. The author has an hindex of 73, co-authored 396 publications receiving 24004 citations. Previous affiliations of Howard Giles include University of Queensland & University of Bristol.

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Communication and group life: How language and symbols shape intergroup relations:

TL;DR: The authors review the different functions that language and symbols fulfill in group life; language and clothing are rarely, if ever, discussed together in the same conceptual space, and a consideration of how social identities are communicated and discredited, boundaries crossed, and group norms established, maintained and regulated.
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Police-Civilian Interaction, Compliance, Accommodation, and Trust in an Intergroup Context: International Data

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the influence of perceived police officer communication accommodation and reported trust in police on attitudes about compliance with police requests in Korea, Japan, Guam, and Canada.
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Silencing nonstandard speakers: A content analysis of accent portrayals on American primetime television

TL;DR: This paper conducted a content analysis to examine accent portrayals on American primetime television and found that American media's portrayals of different accents are biased, reflecting pervasive societal stereotypes, and that Foreign-Other accents are effectively silenced by virtue of their sheer absence and gross under-representation.
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Situational constraints on the evaluative significance of speech accommodation: some Australian data

TL;DR: The speech-accommodation theory as discussed by the authors is concerned with providing an understanding of the underlying motives and intentions behind various modifications in speech as well as the social consequences of their usage.
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Striking a Chord: A Prelude to Music and Intergroup Relations Research

TL;DR: In this article, the relationships between music and intergroup relations, invoking social identity as an integrative framework, are explored, and the authors briefly relate the articles constituting this framework.