Abstract
Language assimilation occurs both synchronically and diachronically, but how or why are discursive adjustments adopted outside of the contexts in which they were learned? Using both communication accommodation theory and a language socialization framework, I analyze the discourse of diasporic Rwandans as they name the 1994 genocide. I argue for the significance of context in language assimilation—who is doing the socializing or accommodating, who is being socialized or accommodated, when and where it is happening, and what I identify as the most effective indicator: what is to be lost or gained in accommodating our speech to another's.
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