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Deborah Tannen
Deborah Tannen
American Sociologist
Born: Jun 7, 1945
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Related authors: C. Wright Mills Charles Horton Cooley Ivan Illich Matthew Desmond Samuel P. Huntington Talcott Parsons Thomas E. Mann William Julius Wilson
A double bind is far worse than a straightforward damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't dilemma. It requires you to obey two mutually exclusive commands: Anything you do to fulfill one violates the other. Deborah Tannen
You Obey Other Dilemma Worse Mutually Mutually Exclusive Exclusive Commands Than Anything Double Far Straightforward Fulfill Requires Bind Violates Two
Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's. Deborah Tannen
Power Own Other Each Her
I think of myself as a writer as much as I think of myself as a linguist and an academic. I really enjoy writing - playing with language and getting just the right metaphor. Deborah Tannen
Myself Writing Language Enjoy Think Writer Academic Metaphor Getting Just Much Really Right Playing
I am the youngest of three girls. My first linguistics book was a study of 'New York Jewish conversational style'. That was my dissertation. Deborah Tannen
Book Girl Three First Style Dissertation Study New Am Linguistics York New York Conversational Youngest Jewish
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