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| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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eng |
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PE1585. |
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H393 1964 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hayakawa, S. I. |
| Dates associated with a name |
1906-1992. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Language in thought and action / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
S. I. Hayakawa (Samuel Ichiyé) ; in consultation with Leo Hamlian and Geoffrey Wagner. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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Second edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York ; |
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Chicago : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Harcourt, Brace & World Inc., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
©1964. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvii, 350 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Abstract: Introduces the principles of semantics, explains how language works, and how an understanding of semantics is useful in everyday life situations. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-336). |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Contents: Book One: The functions of language -- Foreword: Red-Eye and the woman problem: A semantic parable -- 1. Language and survival -- What animals shall we imitate? -- Cooperation -- The pooling of knowledge -- The Niagara of words -- Applications -- 2. Symbols -- The symbolic process -- Language as symbolism -- The pitfalls of drama -- The word is not the thing -- Maps and territories -- Applications -- 3. Reports, inferences, judgments -- Verifiability -- Inferences -- Judgments -- Snarl words and purr words -- How judgments stop thought -- Slanting -- Discovering one's bias -- Applications -- 4. Contexts -- How dictionaries are made -- Verbal and physical contexts -- Extensional and intensional meaning -- The "one word, one meaning" fallacy -- Ignoring contexts -- The interaction of words -- Applications -- 5. The language of social cohesion -- Noises as expression -- Noise for noise's sake -- The value of unoriginal remarks -- maintenance of communication lines -- Presymbolic language in ritual -- Advice to the literal-minded -- Applications -- 6. The double task of language -- Connotations -- Informative connotations -- Affective connotations -- A note on verbal taboo -- Words with built-in judgments -- Everyday uses of language -- Applications -- 7. The language of social control -- Making things happen -- The promises of directive language -- The foundations of society -- Directives with collective sanction -- What are "rights"? -- Directives and disillusionment -- Applications -- 8. The language of affective communication -- Verbal hypnotism -- More affective elements -- Metaphor and simile -- Simile -- Dead metaphor -- Allusion -- Irony, pathos, and humor -- The affectiveness of facts -- Levels of writing -- What literature is for -- Symbolic experience -- Science and literature -- Applications -- 9. Art and tension -- Bearing the unbearable -- Some "symbolic strategies" -- "Equipment for living" -- Art as order -- Applications. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
English |
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English language – Semantics. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type |
Monograph |