Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition

Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition

<P><B>In an era when communication has become increasingly diverse and complex, this classic work on semantics&#8212;now fully revised and updated&#8212;distills the relationship between language and those who use it.</B></P><P>&#160;</P><P>Renowned professor and former U.S. Senator S. I. Hayakawa discusses the role of language in human life, the many functions of language, and how language&#8212;sometimes without our knowing&#8212;shapes our thinking in this engaging and highly respected book. Provocative and erudite, it examines the relationship between language and racial and religious prejudice; the nature and dangers of advertising from a linguistic point of view; and, in an additional chapter called &#8220;The Empty Eye,&#8221; the content, form, and hidden message of television, from situation comedies to news coverage to political advertising.