The Use and misuse of language : selections from ETC. : a review of general semantics previously published in Language, Meaning and Maturity and Our Language and Our World / edited, and with a foreword by S.I. Hayakawa ; illustrations by William H. Schneider and Frank Lobdell.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: A Premier book ; t.166Publication details: Greenwich, Conn. : Fawcett Publications, 1962.Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 18 cmUniform titles:
  • Etc., a review of general semantics.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 423
LOC classification:
  • P 325 U84 1962
Contents:
Introduction : what is semantics? / Anatol Rapoport -- Why discussions go astray / Irving J. Lee -- Barriers to communication between men / F. R. Roethlisberger -- Semantic difficulties in international communication / Edmund S. Glenn -- How to attend a conference / S. I. Hayakawa -- General semantics and the reporter's job / Donald M. Schwartz -- Can a radio commentator talk sense? / Clifton M. Utley -- You can't write writing / Wendell Johnson -- The process of news reporting / Ken Macrorie -- A grammar of assassination / Martin Maloney -- Communication in science fiction / Robert Plank -- Popular songs vs. the facts of life / S. I. Hayakawa -- Sexual fantasy and the 1957 car / S. I. Hayakawa -- Why the Edsel laid an egg : motivational research vs. the reality principle / S. I. Hayakawa -- The language of pictures / Paul R. Wendt -- Why do Frenchmen? / Gregory Bateson -- How sane is "sane"? / Adrian Young -- The art of psychoanalysis / Jay Haley -- Language and truth / Weller Embler.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : what is semantics? / Anatol Rapoport -- Why discussions go astray / Irving J. Lee -- Barriers to communication between men / F. R. Roethlisberger -- Semantic difficulties in international communication / Edmund S. Glenn -- How to attend a conference / S. I. Hayakawa -- General semantics and the reporter's job / Donald M. Schwartz -- Can a radio commentator talk sense? / Clifton M. Utley -- You can't write writing / Wendell Johnson -- The process of news reporting / Ken Macrorie -- A grammar of assassination / Martin Maloney -- Communication in science fiction / Robert Plank -- Popular songs vs. the facts of life / S. I. Hayakawa -- Sexual fantasy and the 1957 car / S. I. Hayakawa -- Why the Edsel laid an egg : motivational research vs. the reality principle / S. I. Hayakawa -- The language of pictures / Paul R. Wendt -- Why do Frenchmen? / Gregory Bateson -- How sane is "sane"? / Adrian Young -- The art of psychoanalysis / Jay Haley -- Language and truth / Weller Embler.

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