Deborah Firs
Deborah Frances Tannen (born June 7, 1945 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an internationally known American sociolinguist and bestselling author. She is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University .
Tannen graduated from Hunter College High School in New York with her high school diploma in 1962 . She then studied English literature at Harpur College (now Binghamton University ) . On the Bachelor Accounts in 1966 at Harpur College was followed four years later the master at the Wayne State University . Tannen then studied linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley . Three years after the master was at Berkeley in 1979 specialized linguistics doctorate .
Tannen is mainly concerned with dealing with language in everyday communication situations. The linguist's best-known book is the popular science study You Just Don't Understand. Women and Men in Conversation (German: You just can't understand me. Why men and women talk past each other ), which was on the New York Times bestseller list for four years and is now available in 30 languages. The study established Tannen's international reputation and gave the professor numerous appearances as an interview partner in television and radio programs. In addition to linguistic research, Tannen also published poems, short stories and plays.
Tannen's list of publications includes 20 monographs and over 100 articles by 2006. The linguist and literary scholar received five honorary doctorates for her scientific work . She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the PEN / Faulkner Foundation .
Fonts
- Is this how you wanna walk around? . Mosaic at Goldmann, 2006.
- I mean it well. How people in families talk past one another . Ullstein Hc, 2002.
- Let's argue properly. About the creative handling of useful contradictions . Goldmann, 2001.
- Job talk. How women and men talk to each other in the workplace . Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1995.
- I did not say that! Communication problems in everyday life . Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1992.
- You just can't understand me Why men and women talk past each other . Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1991. ( No. 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list in 1991 )
Web links
- Literature by and about Deborah Tannen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tannen's side at Georgetown University (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fir trees, Deborah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Firs, Deborah Frances |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociolinguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City |