About MARIAL Faculty, Fellows, and Staff Calendar of Events Research and Publications Fellowships Work-Family Resources Virtual Exhibitions	MARIAL CENTER COLLOQUIUM Deborah Tannen (University Professor and Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University) Intertextuality in Interaction: Reframing Family Arguments in Public and Private Wednesday, March 22, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m   Building on Becker's notion of "prior text" and Bakhtin's of "dialogicality," Deborah Tannen explores intertextuality in family discourse by tracing how three couples' conflicts about domestic responsibilities are recycled, reframed and rekeyed over time, both between themselves and in conversation with others: in one case with a friend, and in another with the couple's child.  Dr. Tannen uses the term "recycling" for situations where a topic is closed then arises again later in the same or a different conversation; "reframing" for a change in what the conversation is about; and "rekeying" for a change in the tone or tenor of an interaction.  She traces a conflict in each of three families--the first two briefly, the third at length--in order to examine how speakers negotiate conflicts about the division of household responsibilities.  In the third example, analysis helps explain why the issue of household responsibilities carries so much weight.  In all three examples, restoring harmony was accomplished in part by reframing in a humorous key, and in ways that reinforced the speakers' shared family identities.  Dr. Tannen thus demonstrates how the abstract concept "intertextuality" actually works in everyday interaction. Dr. Tannen is University Professor and Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University.  She has published 19 books, including Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends, Talking Voices: Repetition, Dialogue, and Imagery in Conversational Discourse, and Gender and Discourse. Her book You Just Don’t Understand brought gender differences in communication style to the forefront of public awareness. It was on The New York Times best seller list for over three years, including eight months as No. 1, and has been translated into 29 languages.  Most recently, her research has focused on family interaction, as represented by her books I Only Say This Because I Love You and (forthcoming in January) You're Wearing THAT?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation.  She is associate editor of Language in Society and is on the editorial boards of many other journals.  Her website is deborahtannen.com. Dr. Tannen has lectured all over the world, and is a frequent guest on TV and radio news and information shows, including The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, 20/20, 48 Hours, CBS News, ABC World News Tonight, Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, Larry King, Hardball, Nightline, and NPR. She has been featured in and written for most major newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, USA Today, People, The Washington Post, and The Harvard Business Review. DIRECTIONS TO THE MARIAL CENTER The MARIAL Center is located on the 4th floor of the main building of Emory's Briarcliff Campus, 1256 Briarcliff Road. There is ample parking close to the building. Alternatively, you may take the Emory shuttle (Route A). The Emory shuttle (Route A) provides transportation from the main campus to the MARIAL Center every 20 minutes (a 5-10 minute ride). For the shortest travel time, board the shuttle in front of the B. Jones Center or at the corner of Dowman and Fishburne (across from Glenn Memorial) at approximately 4, 24, and 44 minutes after each hour. A complete schedule and the route map are available on the web at http://www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/route-a.htm Please tell the receptionist at the front window that you are here for the MARIAL Center lecture.   Back to the Calendar of Events