Language in Thought and Action

ISBN-10: 0155501186
ISBN-13: 9780155501188
Series: Language in Thought and Action
Pages: 289
Language: English
Published: 1972
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Author: Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa

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

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Language in Thought and Action
- 1990
- 196 pages
- Paperback
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language in Thought and Action
- 1978-08-01
- - pages
- Paperback
- Harcourt

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