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LISTENER AS UNDERLING Clearly men are not always talking and women are
not always listening. I have asked men whether they ever find themselves in the
position of listening to another man giving them a lecture, and how they feel ...
LISTENER AS UNDERLING Clearly men are not always talking and women are
not always listening. I have asked men whether they ever find themselves in the
position of listening to another man giving them a lecture, and how they feel ...
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MUTUAL ACCUSATIONS Considering these dynamics, it is not surprising that
many women complain that their partners don't listen to them. But men make the
same complaint about women, although less frequently. The accusation "You're ...
MUTUAL ACCUSATIONS Considering these dynamics, it is not surprising that
many women complain that their partners don't listen to them. But men make the
same complaint about women, although less frequently. The accusation "You're ...
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44 Not only do women give more listening signals, according to Maltz and Borker
, but the signals they give have different meanings for men and women,
consistent with the speaker/audience alignment. Women use "yeah" to mean "I'm
with ...
44 Not only do women give more listening signals, according to Maltz and Borker
, but the signals they give have different meanings for men and women,
consistent with the speaker/audience alignment. Women use "yeah" to mean "I'm
with ...
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Contents
Selection Slanting and Charged Language | 2 |
We cannot communicate without bias Even when our intentions are | 11 |
Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
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| Title | Exploring language |
| Editor | Gary Goshgarian |
| Edition | 7 |
| Publisher | HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0673523500, 9780673523501 |
| Subjects | College readers English language |
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