Language in Action
by Hayakawa, S.I
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company 1941. (Hardcover) 345pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Illustrations, diagrams, notes, bibliography, index. Lightly edgeworn and the dust jacket is rubbed with light edgewear and a few closed tears. "How to tell the truth when you see it or hear it - and how to tell a lie when you read it or hear it - is of vital importance in this day of propaganda and censorship. If you want to speak accurately, read intelligently, and understand the world of words in which you live, you will find this an indispensable book". (Language, Censorship, Communication, Language, Propaganda, Social Sciences, Thinking, Truth).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154077
- Title
- Language in Action
- Author
- Hayakawa, S.I
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Language, Censorship, Communication, Language, Propaganda, Social Sciences, Thinking, Truth
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
Terms of Sale
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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