Gender and Discourse

by Deborah Tannen

Book Overview

Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand spent nearly four years (in cloth and paper) on The New York Times Best Seller list and has sold over a million and a half copies. Clearly, Tannen's insights into how and why women and men so often misunderstand each other when they talk has touched a nerve. For years a highly respected scholar in the field of linguistics, she has now become widely known for her work on how conversational style differences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195101243
• ISBN13: 9780195101249
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Amazing and Brilliant

Dr. Tannen is a brilliant author and the "go to" researcher on matters concerning gender differences in communication. This book is research-based and a more difficult read when compared to her more popular books. I read this book cover to cover in graduate school and I recommend it highly for any adult learner. Brilliant!

Not Pop Psych

Gender and Discourse is not the easiest read, but if you like the nitty gritty, this is a fascinating book. If you don't, I would recommend her book You Just Don't Understand which is on the same topic but a bit more accessible to the layman.