Ashley and leah are very good friends, and they share a lot of inside jokes. but when ashley meets leah's family for the first time, she acts different than when she is alone with leah. this is probably because ashley is aware that the of their communication has changed.

Context

Explanation:

Context in communication is defined as physical environment and people which are present as the surrounding in which communication is happening. Different surrounding persist different facts, setting,events,circumstances,etc which impact the manner and style of communicating.

According to the question Ashley's communication pattern got changed due to different context of communication.He faced different physical surrounding while communicating with Lean so, he can make jokes and share information but physical surrounding while communicating with Lean's parent is different .Thus, he is communicating and acting differently.

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