Deborah Tannen, a linguist, has identified some American gender differences in nonverbal communication. What are some of the differences in communication styles she has identified?

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6 October, 13:56

Deborah Tannen, a linguist, has identified some American gender differences in nonverbal communication. What are some of the differences in communication styles she has identified?

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American females make direct eye contact while on the other hand, males don't.

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Deborah Tannen is a University professor of Linguistics in Georgetown University. In her book "You Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation," Tannen writes about how men and women engage in a conversation. According to her research, men engages in "report-talk" whereas women in "rapport-talk."

Men while talking to each other do not make eye-contacts and would sit side by side while in conversation, whereas, women talk with making eye-contacts.