Language in thought and action

Language in thought and action

by Hayakawa, S. I., (Samuel Ichiyé)

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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,…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Language in thought and action / S.I. Hayakawa and Alan R. Hayakawa ; with an introduction by Robert MacNeil.

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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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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1992.
  • Edition:5th [rev.] ed

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xvii, 196 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0156482401, 9780156482400
  • oclc:ocn229204234
  • LC Classification:PE1585
  • Dewey Decimal:422

Subjects

English Language -- Semantics

Writers

Hayakawa, S. I., (Samuel Ichiyé) Hayakawa, Alan R.

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