Deborah Tannen is considered one of the world’s preeminent linguists. Her 1990 book, You Just Don’t Understand: Men and Women in Conversation was a groundbreaking examination of communication ...

June 1 -- The following is an excerpt from Deborah Tannen's new book, I Only Say This Because I Love You: How the Way We Talk Can Make or Break Family Relationships Throughout Our Lives. Buy your copy ...

Deborah Tannen, a professor in the department of linguistics at Georgetown, analyzed the multifaceted nature of American Jewish speech on Wednesday evening in theBioethics Research Library. “Don’t ...

The Leonard Lopate Show, hosted by Leonard Lopate for over three decades, featured conversations that New Yorkers turned to each afternoon for insight into a wide variety of topics; including ...

The idea that men and women are so different that they are from different planets will get in the way of communicating competently in your marriage. Gender stereotypes treat men and women as ...

Fighting for our lives -- Both sides come out fighting: the argument culture and the press -- From lapdog to attack dog: the aggression culture and the press -- "A plague on both your houses!": ...

Deborah Tannen is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and author of many books and articles about how the language of everyday conversation affects relationships. She is best known as ...

Tannen is the author of You’re the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women’s Friendships Your browser is out of date. Please update your browser at http ...

A Linguist Breaks Down What We Really Mean When We Call Our Friends ‘Close’Friendship between women has its own language. May 2, 2017 A Linguist Breaks Down What We Really Mean When We Call Our ...