You just don't understand :women and men in conversation /Deborah Tannen.

Name/Title

You just don't understand :women and men in conversation /Deborah Tannen.

Description

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Different words, different worlds -- Asymmetries: women and men talking at cross-porposes -- "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 -- Notes -- References -- Index. 330 pages ;24 cm

Book Details

Author

Tannen, Deborah.

Place Published

City

New York

Publication Subjects

Sex Factors. Marriage. Interpersonal Relations. Communication. Communication in marriage. Interpersonal communication. Sex differences (Psychology)

Call No.

HQ734.T24 1990

ISBN

0688078222

LCCN

89049000

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [310]-330) and index. Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier Media type: unmediatednrdamedia Date: [1990] Publication Info: {copy}1990