I Only Say This Because I Love You

I Only Say This Because I Love You by Deborah Tannen. Published by Random House Inc, New York, NY, 2001. 1st Stated Edition 2nd Printing. Hardbound, no DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. 336 Pgs. ISBN 0679456015. LCCN 00-068851. The author offers a linguistic analysis of relationship dynamics. In this text, she examines the ways that families, nuclear or otherwise, verbally interact, and she extracts the messages from the metamessages that family members send to one another. She points out patterns in everyday communication and offers some tips to get families talking to one another. Description text copyright 2006 BooksForComfort. Item ID 11007.