According to ___________ _, speakers make their communication styles similar to their listeners’ styles to gain approval and achieve greater efficiency
a. communication accommodation theory
b. the linguistic relativity hypothesis
c. cultural sensitivity
d. the principle of adjustment
Answer: a
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