Communication accommodation theory makes all of the following assumptions, EXCEPT:
A) Communication accommodation comprises the range of strategies wherein speaker "attune" their talk to characteristics of the other.
B) Communication is influenced by people's orientations to interaction.
C) A person's degree of convergence and management of social distance occurs independent of the social and historical context.
D) Through communication, people negotiate their memberships in various social categories.
E) Individuals inhabit different speech communities, and these speech communities reinforce the identity and values of the individual and the group.

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Communication accommodation theory does NOT assume that a person's degree of convergence and management of social distance occurs independent of the social and historical context. In fact, it acknowledges that the social and historical context can greatly influence communication accommodation. All of the other statements are assumptions made by the theory.

Communication Accommodation Theory Makes All of the Following Assumptions, EXCEPT