Classifying conversational entrainment of speech behavior: An expanded framework and review

• Published in: Journal of phonetics Vol. 94; p. 101173
• Main Authors: Wynn, Camille J., Borrie, Stephanie A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01-09-2022
• Subjects: Accommodation; Acoustic-prosodic; Alignment; Convergence; Entrainment; Entrainment; Alignment; Acoustic-prosodic; Accommodation; Convergence
• ISSN: 0095-4470; 1095-8576
• DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2022.101173

•To increase organization and cohesion in speech entrainment research, we provide:•An expanded version of an earlier framework to categorize types of speech entrainment.•A literature review showing how current literature fits into the framework.•A discussion of how the framework can be used to unify research efforts.
Conversational entrainment, also known as alignment, accommodation, convergence, and coordination, is broadly defined as similarity of communicative behavior between interlocutors. Within current literature, specific terminology, definitions, and measurement approaches are wide-ranging and highly variable. As new ways of measuring and quantifying entrainment are developed and research in this area continues to expand, consistent terminology and a means of organizing entrainment research is critical, affording cohesion and assimilation of knowledge. While systems for categorizing entrainment do exist, these efforts are not entirely comprehensive in that specific measurement approaches often used within entrainment literature cannot be categorized under existing frameworks. The purpose of this review article is twofold: First, we propose an expanded version of an earlier framework which allows for the categorization of all measures of entrainment of speech behaviors and includes refinements, additions, and explanations aimed at improving its clarity and accessibility. Second, we present an extensive literature review, demonstrating how current literature fits into the given framework. We conclude with a discussion of how the proposed entrainment framework presented herein can be used to unify efforts in entrainment research.