Language in Thought and Action
Douban
Fifth Edition
S.I. Hayakawa / Alan R. Hayakawa
overview
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.
contents
Foreword
A Semantic ParableI
Book One THE FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE
1 Language and SurvivalII II
2 Symbols 24
3 The Language of Reports 38
4 Contexts 54
5 The Language of Social Cohesion 69
6 The Double Task of Language 82
7 The Language of Social Control 100
8 The Language of Affective Communication 117
9 Art and Tension 143
Book Two LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT
10 How We Know What We Know 165
11 The Little Man Who Wasn't There 186
12 The Society Behind Our Symbols 196
13 Clasification 208
14 The Two-Valued Orientation 221
15 The Great Snafu 248
16 Rats and Men 271
17 Towards Order Within and Without 291
Selected Bibliography xi
Acknowledgments xv
Index xvii
