Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition

Rating:
Summary: Great Disappointment
Review: The 5th edition of "Language in Thought and Action" is not the book that S.I. Hayakawa wrote in the forties. It is an impotent, edited-for-television, politically correct version of the brilliant original for which publisher and editors should be ashamed.

For anyone who cares about language and its uses, I recommend that you track down the 1st edition. It's still around.

Rowan Wolf

Rating:
Summary: general semantics for beginners
Review: The best book to read first for anyone who knows nothing about general semantics. Easiest book to read and to understand general semantics.