<sod>In [[sociolinguistics]], complementary schismogenesis is a force that can take effect in a [[conversation]] where people have different conversational styles, id est "[complementary schismogenesis is] creating a split in a mutually aggravating way".<ref name="TNWIM">Tannen, Deborah. [[That's Not What I Meant!]], Random House Publishing.</ref> The effect causes two well-meaning individuals having a conversation to ramp up different styles, resulting in a disagreement that does not stem from actual difference of opinion. For example, if one person's conversational style favoured louder voices, while the other favoured softer speech, the first person might increase the loudness in their voice while the other spoke softer and softer, each trying to lead the conversation towards their style's conception of normal talking.<ref name="TNWIM" /><eod>
<sod>In [[sociolinguistics]], complementary schismogenesis is a force that can take effect in a [[conversation]] where people have different conversational styles, id est "[complementary schismogenesis is] creating a split in a mutually aggravating way".<ref name="TNWIM">Tannen, Deborah. [[That's Not What I Meant!]], Random House Publishing.</ref> The effect causes two well-meaning individuals having a conversation to ramp up different styles, resulting in a disagreement that does not stem from actual difference of opinion. For example, if one person's conversational style favoured louder voices, while the other favoured softer speech, the first person might increase the loudness in their voice while the other spoke softer and softer, each trying to lead the conversation towards their style's conception of normal talking.<ref name="TNWIM" /><ref name="FSTS">Feld, Steven (1994) "From Schizophonia to Schismogenesis..." In  Music Grooves, edited by Charles Keil and Steven Feld, 257-289. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.</ref><eod>