Best Seller
The Argument Culture
Paperback
$20.00
Published on Feb 09, 1999 | 384 Pages
THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS LINGUIST OFFERS A COMPLETELY ORIGINAL ANALYSIS OF THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE–AND A REVOLUTIONARY LANGUAGE TO LIVE BY!
In her #1 bestseller You Just Don’t Understand, Deborah Tannen showed why talking to someone of the opposite sex can be like talking to someone from another world. Now Tannen is back with another groundbreaking book, this time widening her lens to examine the way we communicate in public–in the media, in politics, in our courtrooms, and classrooms–once again letting us see in a new way forces that have powerfully shaped our lives.
The war on drugs, the battle of the sexes, political turf combat–in the argument culture, war metaphors pervade our talk and influence our thinking. We approach anything we need to accomplish as a fight between two opposing sides. In this fascinating book, Tannen shows how deeply entrenched this cultural tendency is, the forms it takes, and how it affects us every day–sometimes in useful ways, but often causing damage.
The Argument Culture is a remarkable book that will change forever the way you perceive–and communicate with–the world.
In her #1 bestseller You Just Don’t Understand, Deborah Tannen showed why talking to someone of the opposite sex can be like talking to someone from another world. Now Tannen is back with another groundbreaking book, this time widening her lens to examine the way we communicate in public–in the media, in politics, in our courtrooms, and classrooms–once again letting us see in a new way forces that have powerfully shaped our lives.
The war on drugs, the battle of the sexes, political turf combat–in the argument culture, war metaphors pervade our talk and influence our thinking. We approach anything we need to accomplish as a fight between two opposing sides. In this fascinating book, Tannen shows how deeply entrenched this cultural tendency is, the forms it takes, and how it affects us every day–sometimes in useful ways, but often causing damage.
The Argument Culture is a remarkable book that will change forever the way you perceive–and communicate with–the world.
Author
Deborah Tannen
Deborah Tannen is a bestselling author and Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. Her fourteen books include You’re Wearing THAT?, That’s Not What I Meant!, and You Just Don’t Understand, which spent nearly four years on The New York Times bestseller list, including eight months as #1. She has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, USA Today, and People, and has appeared on The Colbert Report, Oprah, Today, and Good Morning America.
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