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In this thoroughly revised, updated edition of his classic ""Language in Thought and Action, "" 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. The author writes provocatively about the relationship between language and racial and religious prejudice; about the nature and dangers of advertising, from a linguistic point of view; and, in a completely new chapter called ""The Empty Eye, "" about the content, form, and hidden message of television, from situation comedies to news coverage to political advertising.

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Author:   Samuel I. Hayakawa
Publisher:   Harcourt Brace International
Imprint:   Harcourt Brace International
Edition:   5th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9780156482400

ISBN 10:   0156482401
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   01 January 1991
Recommended Age:   From 14 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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S. I. HAYAKAWA (1906-1992) was a professor, college president, and U.S. Senator. ALAN R. HAYAKAWA is a journalist and freelance writer who assisted in preparing the latest edition of his father S. I. Hayakawa's classic book on semantics, Language in Thought and Action.

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