Reviews
"Tannen brings together five studies that bear on dominance vs. culture asinterpretations of gender difference in languages, and frames the studies withan introduction addressing the debate. All concerned with the issue will need toaddress what she says."--Dell Hymes, author of Foundations inSociolinguistics, "Deborah Tannen is the archangel of clarity....She makes the art oflistening less scary and more fascinating than any other sociolinguist ortherapist writing today."--Los Angeles Times, "Tannen's work provides a clear, precise, complete analysis of verbal andnonverbal communication, based on scientific evidence. Gender and Discourse isprobably her best yet."--Mark Hickson, University of Alabama atBirmingham, "A clear and cogent synthesis of important research in linguistics discourse analysis and gender studies."--Bennett Rafoth, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, "Excellent book....The topic of genderlects simply cannot be approached without reference to Tannen, and this book gathers together some of her most impressive findings."--bridget Drinka, University of Texas at San Antonio, "I...found the contents to be lucidly written and to have extremely significant relevance to interdisciplinary communications studies."--Harold Battersby, SUNY-Geneseo, "A very interesting and useful book. I like the organization. It's up-to-date and thought-provoking."--Barbara Abbott, Michign State University, "Excellent book....The topic of genderlects simply cannot be approachedwithout reference to Tannen, and this book gathers together some of her mostimpressive findings."--bridget Drinka, University of Texas at San Antonio, "A very interesting and useful book. I like the organization. It'sup-to-date and thought-provoking."--Barbara Abbott, Michign StateUniversity, "I...found the contents to be lucidly written and to have extremelysignificant relevance to interdisciplinary communications studies."--HaroldBattersby, SUNY-Geneseo, "A significant contribution to teaching about gender difference incommunication. These highly readable chapters provide much valuable informationfor raising students' awareness."--Clifford E. Wexler, Columbia-Green CommunityCollege, "A clear and cogent synthesis of important research in linguistics discourse analysis and gender studies."--Bennett Rafoth, Indiana University of Pennsylvania"Excellent book....The topic of genderlects simply cannot be approached without reference to Tannen, and this book gathers together some of her most impressive findings."--bridget Drinka, University of Texas at San Antonio"I...found the contents to be lucidly written and to have extremely significant relevance to interdisciplinary communications studies."--Harold Battersby, SUNY-Geneseo"A very interesting and useful book. I like the organization. It's up-to-date and thought-provoking."--Barbara Abbott, Michign State University"Great for use in a communication and gender course."--Judith Barnes, San Jose State University"Deborah Tannen is the archangel of clarity....She makes the art of listening less scary and more fascinating than any other sociolinguist or therapist writing today."--Los Angeles Times"Tannen explains the scholarly underpinnings of her bestseller You Just Don't Understand>"--The Washington Post"A useful thematic compilation for larger public and all academic libraries."--Library Journal"A mature and inspiring synthesis of rigorous method and humanistic as well as scientific goals."--Paul Friedrich, author of The Language Parallax"Tannen brings together five studies that bear on dominance vs. culture as interpretations of gender difference in languages, and frames the studies with an introduction addressing the debate. All concerned with the issue will need to address what she says."--Dell Hymes, author of Foundations in Sociolinguistics"Tannen's work provides a clear, precise, complete analysis of verbal and nonverbal communication, based on scientific evidence. Gender and Discourse is probably her best yet."--Mark Hickson, University of Alabama at Birmingham"A significant contribution to teaching about gender difference in communication. These highly readable chapters provide much valuable information for raising students' awareness."--Clifford E. Wexler, Columbia-Green Community College, "A mature and inspiring synthesis of rigorous method and humanistic aswell as scientific goals."--Paul Friedrich, author of The LanguageParallax, "Tannen explains the scholarly underpinnings of her bestseller You JustDon't Understand"--The Washington Post, "Deborah Tannen is the archangel of clarity....She makes the art of listening less scary and more fascinating than any other sociolinguist or therapist writing today."--Los Angeles Times, "Tannen brings together five studies that bear on dominance vs. culture as interpretations of gender difference in languages, and frames the studies with an introduction addressing the debate. All concerned with the issue will need to address what she says."--Dell Hymes, author of Foundationsin Sociolinguistics, "A mature and inspiring synthesis of rigorous method and humanistic as well as scientific goals."--Paul Friedrich, author of The Language Parallax, "Tannen explains the scholarly underpinnings of her bestseller You Just Don't Understand"--The Washington Post