CANT WE TALK

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Article Critique : Can We Talk

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Deborah Tannen 's Can 't We Talk ' from the book You Just Don 't Understand ' is a depiction of conflict between men and women 's form of conversation . Men and women have their own styles in releasing their intentions and emotions . Through verbal communication , both men and women want to unleash specific thoughts . According to Githens (1991 Intimacy , information , and cooperative overlapping are the key factors in Tannen 's text . Intimacy is for women , information

is for men , and cooperative overlapping is for both men and women . Women want intimacy while men seek for information when they start a conversation . Because of this , they tend to overlap their intentions instead of creating collaboration to make their relationship stronger

As what Tannen is trying to convey in her text , men and women have different communication styles but they could both provide better understanding if they want to . It 's not hard , from even these simple observations , to see the potential problems when men and women communicate (Bryannan . Laura Bryannan sees the fact that through simple observation we could already define , understand , and analyze the issues of communication between men and women . However , in every problem , there is a potential solution to save each relationship and obtain better future for couples . According to Eklund (2005 , High-involvement speakers can talk away . If both men and women involve themselves to one another they could be able to accommodate each need . Through...