Summary Of How To Give Orders Like A Man By Deborah Tannen

Analyzing Deborah Tannen’s “How to Give Orders Like a Man” In Deborah Tannen’s “How to Give Orders Like a Man” she describes and challenges several assumptions regarding people who communicate directly and indirectly. Through several examples, she is able to effectively communicate to the reader how several different assumptions can be made for both direct and indirect speakers. Tannen uses “How to Give Orders Like a Man” to debunk and clarify that the method of communication people choose to use does not reflect their social status or physcological state but rather what they find to be most effective in their particular situation. In the introduction, a university president is introduced as a female who speaks indirectly. Following a