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The illusion of being (mis)understood
So how often have you exclaimed in the middle of a heated argument “You just don’t understand”? Who was your addressee? Who bore the responsibility for not being able to understand what the other meant? Was it the interlocutor? Was … Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Language Education, Random Thoughts
Tagged (c), communication, communication failure, connection, conversational styles, Deborah Tannen, filter-aware, filter-free, independence, intimacy, miscommunication, power, rapport-talk, report-talk, socio-cultural filters, socio-cultural norms, success in communication, understanding, Viorica Condrat (c)
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