A Quote by Deborah Tannen

In the past, great communicators were great orators, but great communicators today sound conversational, and interrupting is common in conversation. And public discourse is now more about entertainment than enlightenment.

Deborah Tannen

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About Common Communicators Conversation Discourse Enlightenment Entertainment Great In The Past Interrupting More Now Orators Past Public Public Discourse Sound Than Today Were

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Deborah Tannen
American - Sociologist
Born: June 7, 1945

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