Essays on Tannen

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Cross-cultural Communication In the book's Preface, Tannen states: "all communication is more or less cross-cultural." (Tannen) What does she mean by this statement? This point has to be made because challenges arise in communication when there is more than one culture involved. In the communication process, culture differences are an issue during encoding and decoding. The challenge for the sender is to develop a message in forms that can be decoded successfully by the receiver without losing or misunderstanding the content and meaning of the message. The forms of communication like language and non-verbal communication are ...

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Analysis of Nora’s Character in Henrik Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’

Introduction Henrik Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ is a play that touched on issues of feminism and gender equality. The play was written by Ibsen in 1879, during which it became highly controversial because it challenged conventions regarding the role of women in society. During the time, gender equality is considered as a taboo topic. There are certain norms that define how the typical woman should act and women are judged according to these standards. The traditional role of women as passive wives and homemakers is regarded as the defining standard by which women’s usefulness ...

The text “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” was written by Jonathan Safran Foer and the text “Communication Styles” was written by Deborah Tannen. “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” is a short story written in a stream of consciousness mode while “Communication Styles” is a text written in an explanatory way. There are more differences than similarities between these two texts. “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” is written in a completely different way than “Communication Styles” and the audience and purpose are different, although the tone of both texts is similar. “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” ...

The current society is shaped around gender roles, according to which “men should be brave, strong, ambitious and aggressive, while keeping their feelings under control; women should be gentle, passive, dependent, and expressive of their feelings” (McCubbin & Dahl 189). The nature of this differentiation is thought to be determined by several factors, of which the biological, anthropological (cultural) or social are the most pervasive (McCubbin & Dahl 190). In relation with Tannen’s difference in gender roles, as presented in “Sex, Sigh, and Conversation”, the social arguments best explain the root of the gender difference outlined by the author. McCubbin ...

The language of rights as identified by Mills (2002) involves the manner in which language is approached today. Policy documents, as well as various academic literature, put language rights at the heart of their analysis. Language right-based policies are displacing traditional language planning while sociolinguistics studies have become studies of language rights. Language rights are additionally discussed as human rights, inspired by the remarkable expansion of international human rights advocacy over the last couple of years. Human rights have been looked to as values of ‘godless’ or post-political age (Klug, 2000). In recent decades, radicals and reforms have turned ...

Humour at the Workplace

An increasing body of research points out that humor has considerable positive effects on the workplace environment (Loyalka). Humor has been shown to relieve stress leading to healthier and happier employees which in turn is manifested through increased productivity. However, as is the case with any aspect of the workplace and life for that matter, there is always need for moderation. There is a very fine line between being merely funny and offensive. In the case of Jim, it is evident that his apparent transitioning from male to female is bound to attract some form of satire which in ...

Communication is not typically simple as what the mass think. The opinion that persons offer is significant because using language is learned social behavior. Furthermore, the mode in which individuals talk and listen are significantly experienced by cultural exchange. Sometimes individuals might think that their ways of passing the message are natural and evaluate others as if they necessarily felt the same we would feel if we spoke the way we did (Tannen 138).

What happens when a black man and a white woman speak for each other?

Darius Simpson & Scout Bostley’s poetry slam performance “Lost Voices” gives recognition to both the silent women & black men. In addition, the poem demon states ...