Language style as audience design

By A. Bell. 1984

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"How Old Do You Think I Am?" A Study of Language and Age in Twitter (2013, background): “Besides linguistic variation based on the groups a person belongs to, there is also variation within a single speaker as people adapt their language to their audience (Bell 1984).”
Write Like I Write: Herding in the Language of Online Reviews (2014, background): “Bell’s theory of audience design (Bell 1984) provides an explanation for style shifting in the absence of direct interaction.”
The cognitive coherence of sociolects: How do speakers handle multiple sociolinguistic variables? (2013, background): “In their own behavior speakers manipulate their use of sociolinguistic variables for stylistic ends (using more prestige variants typically indicates a more careful speaking style); thus in careful styles, Labov (1966) finds New Yorkers increase their use of coda /r/ and Trudgill (1974) finds Norwic”
Retention or omission of the ne in advanced French interlanguage: The variable effect of extralinguistic factors (2004, background): “This means that, in addition to the analysis of inter-individual variation linked to the speaker’s characteristics, the e¡ect of the interlocutor’s characteristics on the speaker’s speech can also be explored, that is, accommodation e¡ects (cf. Bell 1984; Giles and Powesland 1975).”
I'll be the judge of that: Diversity in social perceptions of (ING) (2008, background): “Sociolinguistic choices in these different environments are likely to differ, just as they differ when audiences vary in other respects (Bell 1984, 2001; Giles & Powesland 1975).”