You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation - Hardcover

Tannen, Deborah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688078222 ISBN 13: 9780688078225

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1990

Synopsis

A critique of male/female relationships stresses the importance of the language barrier that separates the genders and offers ways to improve relationships between the sexes

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Women and men live in different worlds...made of different words.

Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural and intellectual phenomenon. This is the book that brought gender differences in ways of speaking to the forefront of public awareness. With a rare combination of scientific insight and delightful, humorous writing, Tannen shows why women and men can walk away from the same conversation with completely different impressions of what was said.

Studded with lively and entertaining examples of real conversations, this book gives you the tools to understand what went wrong -- and to find a common language in which to strengthen relationships at work and at home. A classic in the field of interpersonal relations, this book will change forever the way you approach conversations.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0688078222
• ISBN 13: 9780688078225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 330
• Editor: Guarnashaelli Maria