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Usually ships in 24 hours  (22 customer reviews)RRP: Buy New: $11.16 You Save: $2.79 (20%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours EDITORIAL REVIEW"We are, all of us, foreigners to each other: editor and writer, man and woman, Californian and New Yorker, friend and friend. Dr. Tannen shows us how different we are, and how to speak the same language." Jack Rosenthal Pultizer Prize winner and editor THE NEW YORK TIMES Deborah Tannen, who revolutionaized our thinking about relationships between women and men in her bestsller YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, shows that conversational confusion between the sexes is only part of the picture. In THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!, Dr. Tannen shows that growing up in different parts of the country, having different ethnic and class backgrounds, even age and indvidual personality, all contribute to different conversational styles. Entertaining and informative, this is an essential complement to psychological theories of human behavior. No one who has read Deborah Tannen's fascinating look at women and men will want to miss a word of it! PRODUCT DETAILSPublisher: Ballantine BooksPub. Date: 11th February 1992 Catalog: Book Media: Paperback Number Of Pages: 240 Ean: 9780345379726 Isbn: 0345379721 ABOUT THIS BOOKUSER REVIEWS
That's Not What I Meant explores how to improve communication for both men and women in their personal and private lives. Topics covered include how and why people communicate differently, why misunderstanding occur and how to improve ones own communication style. Deborah Tannen is an accomplished linguist who has invested many years learning how men and women communicate, and how that communication can be improved. Her ideas are well researched, easy to understand and apply. The Re-Discovery of Common Sense: A Guide to: The Lost Art of Critical Thinking
Looking for better ways to communicate? Give insite on communication and how to communicate more effectively this book can help you create more effective messages and receive messages more effectively. A book I will try to read monthly to remind myself of how we "miscommunicate" simply by where we came from and who we interpret a message or a metamessage.
This book puts into perspective every conversation you have ever had that you feel has gone wrong or right. It also explains very well different types of communication and the ways that our words have an effect beyond the actual meaning, the framework and "metamessages" that we send and receive every time we communicate with another individual. There is also a section on the differences in communication styles between men and women and how they can affect relationships if the individual's styles of communication differ.
I had to read this for my college Sociology class. It is an intriguing and mind opening book for both males and females. It is amazing how true it is!! Couples, partners and individuals should read this to gain a better understanding of relationships and individuals within conversing.
Deborah Tannen comes from the point of view of a linguist which is not common in psychology-oriented "self-help" books. I like her analytical yet practical style. Knowing the conversational style of different cultures as well as genders can't help but improve one's communication. I would recommend reading her book "You Just Don't Understand" and if one likes that, move on to her other somewhat more esoteric books. I read them all with a highlighter in hand. SIMILAR ITEMS: |
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