Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk among Friends

by Deborah Tannen (Author)

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This revised edition of Deborah Tannen's first discourse analysis book, Conversational Style-first published in 1984-presents an approach to analyzing conversation that later became the hallmark and foundation of her extensive body of work in discourse analysis, including the monograph Talking Voices, as well as her well-known popular books You Just Don't Understand, That's Not What I Meant!, and Talking from 9 to 5, among others. Carefully examining the discourse of six speakers over the course of a two-and-a-half hour Thanksgiving dinner conversation, Tannen analyzes the features that make up the speakers' conversational styles, and in particular how aspects of what she calls a 'high-involvement style' have a positive effect when used with others who share the style, but a negative effect with those whose styles differ. This revised edition includes a new preface and an afterword in which Tannen discusses the book's place in the evolution of her work. Conversational Style is written in an accessible and non-technical style that should appeal to scholars and students of discourse analysis (in fields like linguistics, anthropology, communication, sociology, and psychology) as well as general readers fascinated by Tannen's popular work. This book is an ideal text for use in introductory classes in linguistics and discourse analysis.

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"By far the most interesting and accessible--and fun!--introduction to conversational style that I know of. Students love it, and I use it as a required textbook whenever I teach sociolinguistics."--Doug Biber, Northern Arizona University

"Interesting and valuable for both laypersons and students."--Language

"A contribution not only for the general reader but for any researcher or student interested in conversation."--Language and Society

About the Author

Deborah Tannen is University Professor and Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. Her academic books include the first edition of this book, published in 1984, as well as Gender and Discourse and the edited volumes Framing in Discourse, and Gender and Conversational Interaction (both OUP, 1993). In all, she has published nineteen books, including most notably The New York Times Best Seller You Just Don't Understand.

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Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (July 21, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195221818
ISBN-13: 978-0195221817
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,249,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3294 in Anthropology (Books)
- #478 in Conversation Etiquette Guides
- #1799 in Linguistics (Books)

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James

It's a book about friends in conversation.

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2018

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This is an on going read as with her other books, can't say much about it but it is very informative in the ways that people speak.

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Marco

A good book about conversational style

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2012

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This book is one that everyone that studies language in the social context has to read. The chapter 2 is an important history about the studies of style.

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Bill Poston

Great book

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Great item. Shipped rapidly and arrive in excellent condition. The book is a good read. Why do I have to write 20 or more words?

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Very good.

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Very good.

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Bama

Very entertaining.

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2013

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I found it very interesting, and the scholarly apparatus wasn't too distracting. But I expected to read more on how women talk.

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SMH

Kindle version flawed

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2012

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Do not buy the kindle version of this book. It says it is Deborah Tannen's Conversational Style, but it is really Carol Meyer's Discovering Eve.

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An entertaining book and an interesting approach to linguistics

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2012

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"Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk among Friends" is by now a classic in linguistics, especially sociolinguistics and conversation analysis. Tannen recorded a conversation that took place between herself and five of her friends during a Thanksgiving dinner, transcribed it and analysed it. The book is not really an investigative enterprise in the sense that she comes to any new conclusions herself; rather it is an exercise aimed at explaining what she means by the term 'conversational style'; to provide a framework for scholars interested in this method of analysis; and to show lay people how these insight can help them in everyday interactions.

'Conversational style' is basically a type of language variation, 'dialect' being another. But whereas 'dialect' refers to a language variety with a particular pronunciation and grammar, spoken by a group of people in a certain region, 'conversational style' refers to something both more individual and subtle. Her initial intention was to analyse the participants' talk individually, but as she progressed she realised that many traits were shared between herself and two other friends - all three of them being from New York. She calls this a 'high-involvement style' which is characterised by fast speech, short pauses, highly varied intonation, high tolerance against interruptions, unsubtle humour and specific narrative strategies. The other participants vary more in their styles, but as a whole tend more to 'high-consideration style', basically the opposite.

Tannen makes an observation that anyone can identify with: sometimes when you talk to someone and try to do your best to be pleasant, you still come away with the impression that the other person found you very annoying. Well, the reason might just be that you have different conversational styles, and people with the same conversational styles tend to get along, while those who have different ones, don't.

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