by Suzette Haden Elgin · Wiley · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780471003991
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«You Can't Say That to Me» is Suzette Haden Elgin's self-help essay on verbal abuse, published by Wiley in paperback (224 pages, in English).
The work starts from the idea that verbal abuse is a learned behaviour, not a natural trait. It proposes an eight-step programme to identify abusive patterns, techniques to neutralise attacks and prevent arguments from escalating, and recording and analysis exercises to break the cycle of abuse without damaging relationships.
First edition published in 1995. The author, an expert in applied psycholinguistics, founded the Ozark Center for Language Studies and wrote several titles in the «The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense» series.
For self-help and psychology readers who want to recognise and stop verbal abuse dynamics in family, partner or work settings.
Suzette Haden Elgin was an American researcher in experimental linguistics, construction and evolution of languages and poetry and science fiction writer. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association and is considered an important figure in the field of science-fiction constructed languages. Her best-known non-fiction includes her Verbal Self-Defense series.
