Analysis Of Mother Tongue By Deborah Tannen

I enjoyed “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and disliked “But what Do You Mean?” by Deborah Tannen. I enjoyed “The Meaning of the Word” because it felt casual while still telling an interesting experience. “But what Do You Mean?” felt very structured and had no story. When reading “Mother Tongue” was about Amy Tan defining the way in which she speaks to people in different situation and as certain roles. Amy will speak to mother in a daughter differtent then to a student in a teacher role. This very similar to “But what Do You Mean?” in the sense that Deborah Tannen focused 7 different tyoes if cinversations and the script like path they follow. Deborah mentons different ways carring over how you talk in one secnaroy and how it may affect another.