Thats Not What I Meant, Deborah Tannen
Thats Not What I Meant, Deborah Tannen
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That's Not What I Meant

Author: Deborah Tannen

Narrator: Deborah Tannen

Abridged: 1 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/1991


Synopsis

You know the feeling: You thought you said exactly what you wanted to, but somehow a different message comes across. You end up feeling misunderstood...and the relationship that you're building -- at home, on the job, on a date, or in an interview -- slips a little further out of your control.
Talk is the key to any relationship and conversational style is the key to any conversation. In That's Not What I Meant!, Dr. Tannen helps you recognize your own conversational style and understand the styles of others.
Whether you are dealing with a person who's too quiet or someone who's a conversational bulldozer, learning to understand conversational style will help you deal with any situation. Through this understanding, you can prevent small differences from sparking big arguments, really hear what was said -- and what wasn't.
That's Not What I Meant! will give you the tools to save any conversation -- or relationship.

About Deborah Tannen

Deborah Frances Tannen is an author and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Irena on March 30, 2025

I loved this course. Excellent, both in content and in narration. Professor Deborah Tannen presents sociolinguistics' findings on cultural and gender differences of different conversational styles in engaging and effective way, and without dumbing down the topic. Read in 2015......more

Goodreads review by Leslie on July 24, 2011

This book is an excellent complement to Deborah Tannen's other book. It is less about gender, and more about how pacing, volume, and many other stylistic elements of conversation communicate more loudly than our words. These elements can form the basis of unfounded accusations about character if the......more

Goodreads review by D. B. Guin on August 08, 2017

This book used a narrative style that reminded me a lot of Chapman's love language books: the short explanation of the concept in general, and then two or three little stories about "John and Marcy" told to exemplify the concept. It's very easy to digest, easy to understand, and for how short and br......more

Goodreads review by Shelley on February 03, 2019

This is an excellent resource for anyone interested in communication problems. Couples and family members will be the most likely readers but it is also relevant for larger social, cultural, and global conflicts. This book shows how difficult it is to know what someone else really means when they sp......more

Goodreads review by Heather on June 19, 2012

If I believed in a "plan" for our universe (I don't), I'd think this lecture series was "meant for me." It relates to so many of my interests (mis/communication, mis/understanding, language, politics, power, framing, gender, socio-economic class, the social construction of reality, etc.)... "Compleme......more