Women's Studies Film Series
He Said, She Said:
Gender, Language, & Communication
Discussant: Susan Balcom Walton, MA, APR
Communications
Thursday, October 15, 2009
12:00 PM
2110 JFSB
Taking a linguistic approach that sheds light on psychology, Deborah Tannen uses everything from scholarly research to familiar examples to draw a road map through the complex maze of why we speak the way we do, and why others so frequently do not hear what we mean. From patterns formed in childhood to the conversational rituals of adulthood, Tannen shows how conversational style lies at the core of myths, stereotypes, and miscommunication between the sexes. (http://www.classroommedia.com/dt1.html)