Customer Reviews

Gender and Discourse

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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!

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.

I really love Deborah Tannen, but buyers of this book should be aware that this book is merely a good baseline for a lot of her other work. Only a compelling read if you are completely unfamiliar with most of the fundamentals of gender studies and discourse

This is a well researched book and is very thought provoking and interesting to flip through. I think that if you are writing a paper on gender and language, as many TESOL MA programs require/allow this is a valuable resource. This is more a resource than a read for me - and emphasize that you should be keen in the field of linguistics for this to be an enjoyable read.

I liked it and used the ideas a lot in my studies.