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That's Not What I Meant! How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships

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ISBN-10: 0062062999

ISBN-13: 9780062062994

Edition: N/A

Authors: Deborah Tannen

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At home, on the job, in a personal relationship, it's often not what you say but how you say it that counts. Deborah Tannen revolutionized our thinking about relationships between women and men in her #1 bestseller You Just Don't Understand. In That's Not What I Meant!, the internationally renowned sociolinguist and expert on communication demonstrates how our conversational signals-voice level, pitch and intonation, rhythm and timing, even the simple turns of phrase we choose-are powerful factors in the success or failure of any relationship. Regional speech characteristics, ethnic and class backgrounds, age, and individual personality all contribute to diverse conversational styles that…    
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Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/5/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Deborah Tannen is the bestselling author of "The Argument Culture", "Talking from 9 to 5", "That's Not What I Meant", & "You Just Don't Understand", which was on "The New York Times" bestseller list for nearly four years, including eight months as number one. She is a professor at Georgetown University, in Washington D.C. "I Only Say This Because I Love You" is her seventeenth book. Her latest book is entitled, "You Were Always Mom's Favorite: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives."

Preface
Acknowledgments
Linguistics And Conversational Style
The Problem Is The Process
The Workings Of Conversational Style
Conversational Signals And Devices
Conversational Signals
Conversational Devices At Work
Conversational Strategies
Why We Don't Say What We Mean
Why We Won't Say What We Mean
Why We Can't Say What We Mean
Framing And Reframing
Power And Solidarity
Talking At Home: Conversational Style in Close Relationships
Why Things Get Worse
Talk In The Intimate Relationship: His And Hers
The Intimate Critic
What You Can And Can't Do With Conversational Style
Talking About Ways Of Talking
Notes
Bibliography
Index