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Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk among Friends Paperback – July 21 2005

by Deborah Tannen (Author)
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This revised edition of Deborah Tannen's first discourse analysis book, Conversational Style--first published in 1984--presents an approach to analyzing conversation that later became the hallmark and foundation of her extensive body of work in discourse analysis, including the monograph Talking Voices, as well as her well-known popular books You Just Don't Understand, That's Not What I Meant!, and Talking from 9 to 5, among others. Carefully examining the discourse of six speakers over the course of a two-and-a-half hour Thanksgiving dinner conversation, Tannen analyzes the features that make up the speakers' conversational styles, and in particular how aspects of what she calls a 'high-involvement style' have a positive effect when used with others who share the style, but a negative effect with those whose styles differ. This revised edition includes a new preface and an afterword in which Tannen discusses the book's place in the evolution of her work. Conversational Style is written in an accessible and non-technical style that should appeal to scholars and students of discourse analysis (in fields like linguistics, anthropology, communication, sociology, and psychology) as well as general readers fascinated by Tannen's popular work. This book is an ideal text for use in introductory classes in linguistics and discourse analysis.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0195221818
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0195221817
  3. Edition
    New
  4. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  5. Publication date
    July 21 2005
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    13.97 x 1.52 x 21.59 cm
  8. Print length
    272 pages
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Praise for earlier edition: "By far the most interesting and accessible--and fun!--introduction to conversational style that I know of. Students love it, and I use it as a required textbook whenever I teach sociolinguistics."--Doug Biber, Northern Arizona University"Interesting and valuable for both laypersons and students."--Language"A contribution not only for the general reader but for any researcher or student interested in conversation."--Language and Society

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What can a Thanksgiving dinner conversation tell us about ourselves? Deborah Tannen revisits her hallmark in discourse analysis.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 21 2005
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ New
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195221818
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195221817
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 308 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.52 x 21.59 cm
  • Best Sellers Rank: #1,475,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars (20)

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Deborah Tannen is the author of You Just Don't Understand, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly four years including eight months as #1, and has been translated into 31 languages. Her books You're Wearing THAT?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation and You Were Always Mom's Favorite!: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives were also New York Times bestsellers. Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work was a New York Times business best seller; I Only Say This Because I Love You: Talking to Your Parents, Partner, Sibs and Kids When You're All Adults won the Books for a Better Life Award; and The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words received the Common Ground Book Award. Her most recent book is Finding My Father: His Century-Long Journey from World War I Warsaw and My Quest to Follow. She has written for and been featured in newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, Time, and Newsweek. She appears frequently on TV and radio, including such shows as The Colbert Report, 20/20, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nightline, Today, Good Morning America, and NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She is University Professor and Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, and has been McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University. She lives with her husband in the Washington, D.C., area.