Speech-accommodation theories: a discussion in terms of second-language acquisition.

We have in this paper introduced SAT and indicated by recourse to the papers appearing in this issue avenues for further elaboration and interdisciplinary collaboration. We have also shown how further developments from SAT in terms of ELIT and IT may enhance our understanding of language-ethnicity relationships and SLA respectively. Once again, with regard to the intergroup theory of SLA, we have not been blind to many of its limitations but rather have attempted to extend it in order to take account of four important linguistic considerations. Obviously, much needs to be done in all these areas empirically, methodologically, and theoretically, but we hope that research of the type advocated herein will lead us closer to a coherent interdisciplinary theory not only of speech-accommodation-related issues but of other crucial sociolinguistic problems too. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]