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Arts & Humanities > American Literature Literary analysis: The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words, by Deborah Tannen: 1 of 1

Why do we always argue when we have discussions? Why does everything create a war of words when we attempt to have dialogue? The Argument of Culture: Stopping America's War of Words, by Deborah Tannen has the answer. She explains that there are many factors that contribute or create this culture in which we have been centered. Most factors that contribute to this are metaphors, the war stance, and journalistic media. These create a culture where a war of words is how we communicate between people. There is no happy medium but just sides, almost always two, in which each person attempts to ...
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