In this classic work - her first - Tannen brilliantly tackles crucial interactions, looking at conversations with colleagues, bosses, friends and family. Engaging, accessible and absolutely compelling, Tannen once again shows us what's really shaping - or breaking- our relationships with others.
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Tannen's classic investigation into how growing up in different parts of the country, having different ethnic and class backgrounds, even age and personality contribute to different conversational styles. Reissued to coincide with her new book The Argument Culture.
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Tannen combines a novelist's ear for the way people speak with a rare power of original analysis ... fascinating
Tannen combines a novelist's ear for the way people speak with a rare power of original analysis ... fascinating - Oliver Sacks
* Author tour to coincide with publication of THE ARGUMENT CULTURE

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781853815126
Publisert
1992-08-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Virago Press Ltd
Vekt
140 gr
Høyde
132 mm
Bredde
199 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
192

Forfatter

Biographical note

Best-selling author Deborah Tannen is University Professor and Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She has also been McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princetown University.