Interlocutors make a variety of verbal and nonverbal adjustments to facilitate comprehension and enhance relational solidarity. This article examines research on vocal accommodation and mimicry as a specific subset of scholarship on nonverbal adjustments. We begin by introducing communication accommodation theory and discussing how accommodation is similar to and distinct from other related constructs (i.e., reciprocity, synchrony, and mimicry). Next, we discuss a variety of contexts in which researchers have studied vocal accommodation and mimicry, namely romantic and family communication, stranger and friend communication, professional communication, and persuasion. We end by outlining directions for future research, such as examining the implications of vocal accommodation for intergenerational family relationships, and the a priori factors that influence people’s ability and willingness to engage in vocal accommodation and mimicry.

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人声住宿和模仿

对话者会进行各种语言和非语言的调整，以促进理解并增强关系的团结。本文考察了关于声音调节和模仿的研究，作为非语言调节的奖学金的特定子集。我们首先介绍沟通适应性理论，并讨论适应性与其他相关构造（即互惠，同步和模仿）的相似之处和不同之处。接下来，我们讨论研究者研究语音适应和模仿的各种环境，即浪漫和家庭交流，陌生人和朋友交流，专业交流和说服力。最后，我们概述了未来研究的方向，例如研究人声调节对代际家庭关系的影响，