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Language in thought and action / by S.I. Hayakawa in consultation with Basil H. Pillard.

By: Hayakawa, S. I. (Samuel Ichiyé), 1906-1992Contributor(s): Hayakawa, S. I. (Samuel Ichiyé), 1906-1992. Language in actionMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, Harcourt, Brace [1949] Description: x, 307, [xi]-xxxvi p. 21 cmSubject(s): English language -- SemanticsDDC classification: 422 LOC classification: PE1585 | .H36Online resources: WorldCat details
Contents:
TOC The functions of language : Language and survival -- Symbols -- The language of reports -- Contexts -- The language of social cohesion -- The double task of language -- The language of social control -- The language of affective communication -- Art and tension. -- Language and thought : How we know what we know -- The little man who wasn't there -- The society behind our symbols -- Classification -- The two-valued orientation -- The great snafu -- Rats and men -- Towards order within and without.
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Based on the author's Language in action, first pub. in 1939.

Online version:
Hayakawa, S. I. (Samuel Ichiyé), 1906-1992.
Language in thought and action.
New York, Harcourt, Brace [1949]
(OCoLC)580132192

"Selected bibliography": p. [xi]-xiv.

TOC The functions of language : Language and survival --
Symbols --
The language of reports --
Contexts --
The language of social cohesion --
The double task of language --
The language of social control --
The language of affective communication --
Art and tension. --
Language and thought : How we know what we know --
The little man who wasn't there --
The society behind our symbols --
Classification --
The two-valued orientation --
The great snafu --
Rats and men --
Towards order within and without.

English

Sagar Shahanawaz

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