Language in Thought and Action

Fifth Edition

By: Samuel I. Hayakawa

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Paperback | 1 January 1991 | Edition Number 5

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224 Pages

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In an era when communication has become increasingly diverse and complex, this classic work on semantics—now fully revised and updated—distills the relationship between language and those who use it.

Renowned professor and former U.S. Senator S. I. Hayakawa discusses the role of language in human life, the many functions of language, and how language—sometimes without our knowing—shapes our thinking in this engaging and highly respected book. Provocative and erudite, it examines the relationship between language and racial and religious prejudice; the nature and dangers of advertising from a linguistic point of view; and, in an additional chapter called “The Empty Eye,” the content, form, and hidden message of television, from situation comedies to news coverage to political advertising.

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Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Linguistics Semantics & Discourse Analysis Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Communication Studies Reference, Dictionaries & Guides Writing & Editing Guides Sociolinguistics

Language and Survival
Symbols
Reports, Inferences, Judgments
Contexts
The Double Task of Language
The Language of Social Cohesion
The Language of Social Control
The Language of Affective Communication
How We Know What We Know
The Little Man Who Wasn't There
Classification
The Two-Valued Orientation
The Multi-valued Orientation
Art and Tension
Poetry and Advertising
The Dime in the Juke Box
The Empty Eye
Rats and Men
Towards Order Within and Without
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Language in Thought and Action

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