You Just Don't Understand

Deborah Tannen, Tannen. Ballantine Books, $14 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-345-37205-5

Georgetown University linguistics professor Tannen asserts that misunderstandings between the sexes often arise because women like to connect emotionally in conversation while men prefer to impart knowlege. ``Tannen examines the functioning of argument and interruption, and convincingly supports her case for the existence of `genderlect,' '' said PW. Author tour. (June)

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