  Linguistic accommodation is the process in which speakers adjust their
accent, diction, vocabulary, and other aspects of language according to the
communication style of one another. Previous research has shown how linguistic
accommodation correlates with gaps in the power and status of the speakers and
the way it promotes approval and discussion efficiency. In this work, we
provide a novel perspective on the phenomena, exploring its correlation with
the open-mindedness of a speaker, rather than to her social status. We process
thousands of unstructured argumentative discussions that took place in Reddit's
Change My View (CMV) subreddit, demonstrating that open-mindedness relates to
the assumed role of a speaker in different contexts. On the discussion level,
we surprisingly find that discussions that reach agreement present lower levels
of accommodation.
