Language in Thought and Action

Author:   S.I. Hayakawa ,  Alan R. Hayakawa ,  Alan R. Hayakawa
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Edition:   5th Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780155501201


Pages:   287
Publication Date:   05 December 1989
Format:   Paperback
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An introduction to the study of semantics, which examines human interaction through communication, toward a more sophisticated understanding of the role of language in life, the complex functions language performs and the way language, sometimes without knowing, shapes our thinking.

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Author:   S.I. Hayakawa ,  Alan R. Hayakawa ,  Alan R. Hayakawa
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:   Heinle & Heinle Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Edition:   5th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.422kg
ISBN:  

9780155501201


ISBN 10:   0155501208
Pages:   287
Publication Date:   05 December 1989
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

1. Language and Survival. 2. Symbols. 3. Reports, Inferences, Judgments. 4. Contexts. 5. The Double Task of Language. 6. The Language of Social Cohesion. 7. The Language of Social Control. 8. The Language of Affective Communication. 9. How We Know What We Know. 10. The Little Man Who Wasn't There. 11. Classification. 12. The Two-Valued Orientation. 13. The Multi-valued Orientation. 14. Art and Tension. 15. Poetry and Advertising. 16. The Dime in the Juke Box. 17. The Empty Eye. 18. Rats and Men. 19. Towards Order Within and Without.

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