Do you change the way you speak to 'match' the people you are speaking to? If you do, why do you think you do it? Is it to create a sense of 'belonging' with others? Do you 'match' your language to others out of a fear of standing out? Or to try and create a relationship with them? Or to gain approval? These are the questions that are addressed in Giles' Communication Accomodation Theory (CAT for short), where he studied the ways that we 'match' our language to that of others (he called this convergence) and the ways that we sometimes deliberately 'distance' our language from others (he called this divergence). If you have chosen to do your 500 word investigation on your use of language, then you may well want to find out more about this - you could start here .
If you've chosen to do your investigation on clothes, then you should check out Gareth's teaching blog - he has posted a link to a recent radio programme on hoodies...
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