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Summary of "That’s Not What I Meant! How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships" by Deborah Tannen

Name: Summary of "That’s Not What I Meant! How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships" by Deborah Tannen
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Author: Delia Ostach
ISBN: 978-3-668-62554-9

Abstract, 2015

5 Pages

Delia Ostach (Author)

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This is a summary of Deborah Tannen's "That’s Not What I Meant! How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships", which was published in 1986. It deals with the language in conversations which can cause misunderstandings due to differing interpretations. Tannen divides her work into ten short chapters which fall under the ambit of four more general topics: Linguistic and Conversational Style, Conversational Strategies, Talking at Home: Conversational Style in Close Relationships and What You Can and Can’t Do with Conversational Style.

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Title: Summary of "That’s Not What I Meant! How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships" by Deborah Tannen
College: University of Paderborn (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik)
Course: Contemporary Language Course Intermediate
Author: Delia Ostach (Author)
Year: 2015
Pages: 5
Catalog Number: V388618
ISBN (eBook): 9783668625549
File size: 421 KB
Language: English
Keywords: Conversational Style, misunderstandings, speaking, loudness, intonation, choice of words, message, metalanguage, conversational strategies

Quote paper: Delia Ostach (Author), 2015, Summary of "That’s Not What I Meant! How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships" by Deborah Tannen, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/388618

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