In this volume, gender is seen as a communicative achievement and as a social category interacting with other social parametres such as age, status, prestige, i
Causal explanations are essential for theory building. In focusing on causal mechanisms rather than descriptive effects, the goal of this volume is to increase
This is a critical review and re-evaluation of the empirical literature on men and women in conversational interaction, in the light of recent debates about gen
Causal explanations are essential for theory building. In focusing on causal mechanisms rather than descriptive effects, the goal of this volume is to increase
The author of the best-selling You Just Don't Understand, Deborah Tannen, has collected twelve papers about gender-related patterns in conversational interactio