Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Communication Matters II: That's Not What I Meant!: The Sociolinguistics of Everyday Conversation
    Communication Matters II: That's Not What I Meant!: The Sociolinguistics of Everyday Conversation
    Communication Matters II: That's Not What I Meant!: The Sociolinguistics of Everyday Conversation
    Audiobook7 hours

    Communication Matters II: That's Not What I Meant!: The Sociolinguistics of Everyday Conversation

    Written by Deborah Tannen

    Narrated by Deborah Tannen

    ()

    About this audiobook

    The following series of lectures draws on linguistics, or the scientific study of language, to show the many ways in which language has a profound effect upon human relationships. These lectures address the various aspects and implications of what Professor Tannen calls 'conversational style.' It also looks at the dynamics of specific situations such as the workplace and classroom where the role of conversational style is of particular importance. A person's conversational style includes far more than the words that he or she speaks. Each conversation is composed of contextual cues, unspoken messages, body language, and the rhythms of speech. For the most part, people communicate without a conscious focus on the subtleties of language. Through this course, the complexities of language, and all that language entails, will become more apparent. A better understanding of language, of how we communicate, and of how our ways of communicating differ based on who we are talking to should lead not only to a better understanding of ourselves and of those with whom we have relationships, but should also lead to improved communication. Our language shapes our lives in numerous, complex ways. These lectures help us to make sense of our language and will help to improve our relationships with friends, spouses, and coworkers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 3, 2008
    ISBN9781436174169
    Communication Matters II: That's Not What I Meant!: The Sociolinguistics of Everyday Conversation
    Author

    Deborah Tannen

    Deborah Tannen is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Her books include the New York Times bestsellers You Just Don't Understand, You're Wearing THAT?, Talking from 9 to 5, and You Were Always Mom's Favorite!. She has written for and been featured in numerous major newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, the Washington Post, and Time.

    More audiobooks from Deborah Tannen

    Related to Communication Matters II

    Related audiobooks

    Language Arts & Discipline For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Financial Reasons Not to Divorce

      Jan 9, 2019

      Statistically, approximately 50% of all first marriages end in divorce. The odds of second marriages succeeding are lower, and the odds of third marriages making it are lower still. In other words, there is an inverse relationship between the numbe

      2 min read

    • Article

      Language Both Enraptures and Deceives Us

      Sep 12, 2019

      The purpose of language is to reveal the contents of our minds, says Julie Sedivy. It’s a simple and profound insight. We are social animals and language is what springs us from our isolated selves and connects us with others. Sedivy has taught lingu

      13 min read

    • Article

      Speak Your Mind

      Aug 25, 2023

      Speak Your Mind
      5 min read

    • Article

      Mind What You Say

      Apr 1, 2020

      Many years ago, the five-year-old son of a friend of mine came rushing into his father’s workshop talking rapidly in a rush of insight and pointing to a tool on the bench: “Daddy, this isn’t a screwdriver; that’s just what we call it, and a rock isn’

      2 min read

    • Article

      What’s In A Name?

      Nov 16, 2022

      What’s In A Name?
      4 min read

    • Article

      Life-changing Conversations

      Nov 30, 2021

      Life-changing Conversations
      7 min read

    • Article

      Q&A

      Sep 1, 2023

      We’ve heard a lot about difficult conversations, but you believe all conversations are difficult. Please explain. In recent years we have heard a lot about so-called difficult conversations from the realm of academic research and in the public discou

      7 min read

    • Article

      What You Say With Your Body

      Sep 23, 2022

      IT MIGHT sound strange, but did you know we can communicate without saying a single word? We might not even be aware of it, but we’re continuously using wordless communication. Our facial expressions, gestures and posture can tell other people what w

      4 min read

    • Article

      How to Know You’re Lonely

      Oct 12, 2021

      How to Know You’re Lonely
      9 min read

    • Article

      Communication Is A Major Challenge In The Workplace

      Oct 27, 2023

      In 1955, in his famous book The Practice of Management, Peter Drucker, the father of modern management, wrote: “A manager does not ‘handle’ people. Instead, a manager motivates, guides and organises them to do their own work, and to do this, he has a

      2 min read

    • Article

      Finding Your Character’s Voice

      Feb 12, 2024

      Character voice is the way our characters speak inwardly to themselves and outwardly to other people. Like with your own voice, it has degrees, modulations, and changes in pitch. How you talk to yourself is different and sometimes maybe even crueler

      9 min read

    • Article

      Society

      Oct 30, 2023

      Every now and then, a story will appear in the media about regional accents disappearing. About how everyone in the north of England will eventually sound the same, or maybe even how they will all start to sound like people from the South. How accent

      3 min read

    • Article

      Why You Need Emoji

      Jul 6, 2017

      The use of emojis has become a global phenomenon. By 2015, over 6 billion emojis1 were being sent every day by over 90 percent of the world’s online population.2 Emoji, today, dwarfs even the reach of English. For some, emojis are prompting warnings

      8 min read

    • Article

      What Science Has To Say About Talking To Yourself In Lockdown | Charles Fernyhough

      Jul 12, 2021

      Camille remembers the first time she noticed talking to herself out loud. “It was almost like, ‘Oh, that’s my voice’, in a way that I wouldn’t have thought of it if I’d been speaking in a meeting. I was usually reporting on what I was doing. I might

      4 min read

    • Article

      The Science Of Swearing

      Dec 12, 2023

      The Science Of Swearing
      5 min read

    • Article

      Entrenched Perceptions

      Nov 7, 2020

      Entrenched Perceptions
      14 min read

    • Article

      How To Make Yourself Heard

      Sep 8, 2021

      How To Make Yourself Heard
      4 min read

    • Article

      ‘The Power Of Strangers’: What We Gain From Listening To Others

      Aug 17, 2021

      Joe Keohane, author of “The Power of Strangers,” says we gain from talking with – and especially listening to – people we don’t know.

      5 min read

    • Article

      Dear Ali ...

      May 27, 2022

      Dear Ali ...
      2 min read

    • Article

      On Cussing

      Mar 26, 2019

      On Cussing
      7 min read

    • Article

      Nicole Patton-terry

      Oct 1, 2020

      Nicole Patton-terry
      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Communication Matters II

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words