That's Not What I Meant!

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That's Not What I Meant! How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships is a short non-fiction book by linguist Deborah Tannen. In it, Tannen approaches communication and miscommunication from a linguistic point of view rather than a psychological one, emphasizing differences between the genders. She proposes that very intent and strong messages can be encoded into indirect communication and hints.

[edit] See also

• Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
• Nonverbal communication
• Communication
• Deborah Tannen