Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.

—Deborah Tannen

About Deborah Tannen

Portrait of Deborah Tannen

Deborah Frances Tannen (born June 7, 1945) is an American author and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Best known as the author of You Just Don't Understand, she has been a McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University and was a fellow at the Center for Advanced...

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