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    summed up in four simple words; “Conversation is a ritual” (1994). Men and women tend to approach interacting with each other in the work place in the same patterned method. Tannen provides a guide for us to better understand the importance of communicating more effectively in the work place. She explains how verbal interactions could be interpreted in many different ways‚ depending on one’s point of view and which side of the conversation you happen to be on. Tannen delves into seven areas of rituals

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    The Argument Culture In Deborah Tannen’s article “The Argument Culture‚” she states that argument and debate “urge us to approach the world‚ and the people in it‚ in an adversarial frame of mine.” She calls this new norm of society “The argument culture”. The argument culture “rests on the assumption that opposition is the best way to get anything done”. Tannen uses the metaphor of an arguing spouse to convey the idea that society needs act more like a married couple to find a more constructive

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    Deborah Tannen once said‚ “Conversation between women and men is cross-cultural communication.” By this‚ she is trying to explain that both men and women speak in different manners. The same exact thing applies to age‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ race‚ geography‚ subculture‚ language‚ and occupation. The way one perceives their words is distinguished by their past along with various other reasoning’s. It’s also part of our human nature to adapt to certain communication styles based on the ways we were brought

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    Force Dr. Tannen is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. Her study of language and how it is utilized has led her to have many books on the “Best-Selling” List. In her book‚ “The Argument Culture”‚ Deborah Tannen takes a closer look at how we as a society have come to view arguing/debating as a normal form of communication. Our inability to look at more than two views at a time‚ has led us to limit the potential conversations that could easily take place. In this essay‚ Professor

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    Malcolm X v.s. Deborah Tannen Malcolm X and Deborah Tannen developed their ideas forty years apart. “Malcolm Little” was Malcolm X’s nick name (Malcolm X 85). Born in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ in 1925‚ Malcolm X rose from a world of street crime to become one of the most powerful and articulate African American leaders in the United States during the 1960’s (Malcolm X 85). Born in 1945 in Brooklyn was Deborah Tannen (Tannen 192). She taught in different countries‚ different states and many different

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    Summary of “Understanding Mom” In the article “Understanding Mom”‚ author Deborah Tannen conveys the relationship between her mother and herself‚ and the difference in personal values between the generations. Mrs. Tannen wanted an ordinary life for her daughter‚ whereas she wanted anything but ordinary. This may have caused disagreements through Tannen’s life growing up so differently than her mother. As she expresses her disregard for makeup‚ her mother insists she wear it when in

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    Deborah Tannen’s article regarding the performance of gender identity outlines how male herosexuality is presented via the manner in which men talk to each other. Western masculinity is characterized as being associated with strength‚ aggression‚ dominance‚ and sexual prowess‚ among other traits (McGarry 2017‚ Sully 2012). Heterosexuality‚ the attraction to the opposite gender‚ comes into play with traditional views of masculinity as the two are often tied together‚ to the point in which they are

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    In Deborah Tannen’s article “Conversational Styles: Talking on the Job‚” she discusses the differences in communicational styles between men and women and how they differ. In this article Tannen presents a few examples of how men and women approach certain situations and how each style has its advantages and disadvantages. Including how some men won’t ask for directions even if they are lost‚ meanwhile women will ask for help when they are in need. In my experience women tend to be more social‚ well-mannered

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    kinesics. Moreover‚ the environment influences how people interact in their culture. In order to study how the environment influences people‚ we will be analyzing how men and women behave in particular environments and how these observations relate to Deborah Tannen’s and Macionis Wester’s stereotypes. We wanted to observe gender-specific behaviors‚ language‚ and nonverbal communication. We decided to study these components in gender-neutral environments. We first

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    but the idea of men and women being opposites as pointed out in the opening. Deborah Tannen has made her theory that a male culture and female culture each exist‚ very popular with the human population and has written an extensive book on her theory. To define these communication conundrums‚ Tannen discusses "rapport-talk" and "report-talk". She defines "rapport-talk" as "For most women‚ the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating

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