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You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation Paperback – February 6, 2007
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Print length342 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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Publication dateFebruary 6, 2007
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Dimensions5.31 x 0.79 x 8 inches
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ISBN-109780060959623
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Editorial Reviews
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“A chatty, earnest and endearing book that promises here–and–now rewards.” -- Los Angeles Times
“People are telling Tannen that the book is saving their marriages.” -- Washington Post
“A novelist’s ear for the way people speak with a rare power of original analysis.” -- Oliver Sacks
“Utterly fascinating. . . . A classic in the field.” -- San Francisco Chronicle
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
Deborah Tannen is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Her books include the New York Times bestsellers You Just Don't Understand, You're Wearing THAT?, Talking from 9 to 5, and You Were Always Mom's Favorite!. She has written for and been featured in numerous major newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, the Washington Post, and Time.
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Product details
- ASIN : 0060959622
- Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks; 1st edition (February 6, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 342 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780060959623
- ISBN-13 : 978-0060959623
- Item Weight : 9.3 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.79 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #41,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If the reader needs help in a relationship with a partner it is a probably useful way of getting information. As a book to enhance things you already know it isn't. Too many words.
If so, please buy this book. You will understand why men are how they are (and it's not male-bashing, it's just scientific observations), and maybe you will be able to help your man understand you better and you will understand your man better. I highly recommend it, although I had a few issues with some of the statistics in some of the studies, but overall, it seems to be pretty sound science (as much as the Social Sciences can be).
Over all I found this book an entertaining read and very practical. If you have ever been frustrated in a conversation with the opposite gender, this book may shed some light.
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The basic premise is that men and women talk to each other in different styles which often leads to a complete breakdown in communication. Tanner uses many, many examples for her theories that sometimes are simply not needed.
Tannen has the foundations of research, but uses an easy anecdotal style, which is the book's strength and eventually also its weakness. For me, at least, the bits sized bits do grate eventually and the themes become repetitious, but it's easy enough to stop reading at that point!