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Language In Thought And Action [Paperback]

S T Hayakawa (Author), A R Hayakawa (Author)

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Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 5th edition edition (Jan 12 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0156482401
ISBN-13: 978-0156482400
Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 14 x 1.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 272 g

Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #44,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2 in Books > Nonfiction > Education > Reference > Words & Language > Vocabulary, Slang, & Word Lists
- #6 in Books > Reference > Words & Language > Vocabulary, Slang, & Word Lists
- #16 in Books > Nonfiction > Education > Reference > Words & Language > Semantics

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A revised, updated edition of S. I. Hayakawas classic work on semantics. He discusses the role of language, its many functions, and how language shapes our thinking. Introduction by Robert MacNeil; Index.

About the Author

Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906 – February 27, 1992) was a Canadian-born American academic and political figure. He was an English professor, served as president of San Francisco State University and then a United States Senator from California from 1977 to 1983. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he was educated in the public schools of Calgary, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba; received his undergraduate degree from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg in 1927; graduate degrees in English from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1928, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1935.

Alan Hayakawa received his B.A. from Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He has worked as a reporter and editor for The Oregonian in Portland, as a Washington correspondent with Newhouse News Service in Washington, D.C., and is currently with The Patriot-News of Harrisburg,PA. Alan started at The Patriot-News as a writing coach and now manages the newspaper's information-on-request system called InsideLine (a telephone-based information system known generically as audiotext).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hayakawa was brilliant., Oct 27 2002

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S.I. Hayakawa was an insightful thinker about language. His explanation of the connection between language, meaning and culture have been enormously helpful to me as a writer. I recommend this book highly to anyone who thinks seriously about language.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Language is a sophisticated noise used in a delusional world, Mar 26 2002

KSG "ksgnyc" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

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Mr. Hayakawa's book expounds on his theory, influenced by the ideas of Alfred Korzybski, that language springs forth as a result of the inherent human tendenancy towards co-operation. He also elaborates on how people are deluded until they understand that words are just symbols used to approximate an experience. An empowering book that will help you filter all those words bombarding your mind.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must reading, Sep 28 2001

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If you are in to thinking things out for yourself, this book is basic amunition to shoot down the demigogues, idealogues, and other ogers attempting to steal your discrimination.

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1.0 out of 5 stars The book itself is Propaganda
If you like to know the definition and segmentation regarding linguistics, not the meaning and influence of language. Then this book is for you. Read more

Published on Sep 16 2001 by LIANG

1.0 out of 5 stars An Evil Book
There is a lot of good stuff in this book, but Hayakawa got on my nerves too much, like when he tries, and fails, to prove there is more than logic to language. Read more

Published on Mar 18 2001