You just don't understand : women and men in conversation

Author

Deborah Tannen

Call Number

• 155.33 T1662 (CEN)

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Edition

1st Harper pbk. ed.

Publication Information

New York : Harper, 2007.

Physical Description

342 p. ; 21 cm.

Contents

• Different words, different worlds
• Asymmetries: women and men talking at cross-purposes
• "Put down that paper and talk to me!": rapport-talk and report talk
• Gossip
• "I'll explain it to you": lecturing and listening
• Community and contest: styles in conflict
• Who's interrupting? Issues of dominance and control
• Damned if you do
• "Look at me when I'm talking to you!": cross talk across the ages
• Living with asymmetry: opening lines of communication.