June 1 -- The following is an excerpt from Deborah Tannen's new book, I Only Say This Because I Love You: How the Way We Talk Can Make or Break Family Relationships Throughout Our Lives. Buy your copy ...

The power of communication isn’t as simple as saying what you mean. How we talk and listen to each other is deeply influenced by our social conditioning, our childhood, and cultural experiences. Power ...

Deborah Tannen is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and author of many books and articles about how the language of everyday conversation affects relationships. She is best known as ...

Professor Deborah Tannen from Georgetown University has been researching human communication for over four decades. “We are always in the process of judging others in terms of their abilities and ...

This week on “The Community Corner,” The Hoya had a chance to sit down with Georgetown University professor of linguistics Deborah Tannen to discuss communication in the workplace and, of all things, ...

Deborah Tannen, author of the NY Times bestseller You Just Don’t Understand, joins Larry Mantle to illuminate the often thorny dilemma of the mother daughter relationship. In her latest book, You’re ...

The Leonard Lopate Show, hosted by Leonard Lopate for over three decades, featured conversations that New Yorkers turned to each afternoon for insight into a wide variety of topics; including ...

Linguist Deborah Tannen interviewed more than 100 women for her new book on sister relationships, but as the youngest of three sisters, she was able to draw on plenty of experience of her own. "In ...

The idea of sisterhood is something of an ideal, says Deborah Tannen, author of "You Were Always Mom's Favorite! Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives " (Random House 2009, $26). "It means ...

Deborah Tannen is considered one of the world’s preeminent linguists. Her 1990 book, You Just Don’t Understand: Men and Women in Conversation was a groundbreaking examination of communication ...

Tannen is the author of You’re the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women’s Friendships Your browser is out of date. Please update your browser at http ...

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