The Argument Culture by Deborah Tannen
The author of this work identifies a mode of communication - argument culture - which gets in the way of understanding and needlessly polarizes us. She explores why issues are taken up in adversarial debate between opposite extremes, rather than discussed, and looks at the atmosphere this creates.
Deborah Tannen is the world s most famous linguist akin to Margaret Mead, who popularized the field of anthropology, or Stephen Jay Gould who brought palaeontology to a wider public THE WASHINGTONIAN'Wondrous' Sally Vincent, GUARDIAN'A thoughtful and sometimes frightening analysis of modern communication' TABLET'[It] draws together a range of images that sums up modern urban life and sparkles with situations that are all too recognisable.' T.H.E.S'THE ARGUMENT CULTURE explores its basic themes doggedly, and leaves no bone unturned in the research YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND went on to be a bestseller, I hope that THE ARGUMENT CULTURE follows the same pattern.' THE THERAPIST
Best-selling author Deborah Tannen is University Professor and Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She has also been McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princetown University. She and her husband live in Virginia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860495434 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860495435 |
| Title | The Argument Culture |
| Author | Deborah Tannen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1999-11-04 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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