You’re Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation by Deborah Tannen

Deborah studies human interaction through conversation, this time attempting to peel back the layers of meaning that make up conversations between mothers and their teenage and older daughters. Tannen clarifies the ways in which mothers and daughters relate to each other verbally through direct conversation; indirect messages, or “metamessages”, compliments or insults disguised as judgment, etc.

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