We have tried to make the volume readily accessible to students and scholars whose
knowledge of linguistic phenomena and analysis is minimal.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) …

In linguistic studies, the term" explanation" does not live up to what the philosophers of
science intend it to mean. In these pages," explanation" is put on firmer theoretical footing …

Fall in New York City never looked so beautiful to me as it did on that second day
ofSeptember 1976 the day that I had to leave it for Kennedy Airport's last flight to SanDiego …

Almost irrespective of which aspect of man one is interested in, one sooner of later finds
oneself probing into problems connected with'language and communication'. This is not at …

"... advances aggressively through pertinent and lively argument.... There are numerous brief
and incisive responses to important philosophers of language (Sellars, Quine, Dummett …

Intended for people with little or no training in linguistics, this book initially deals with such
basic concepts as the definition of linguistics, the nature of language, and the linguistic …

Most of our interactions with others occur within the framework of recurring social situations,
and the language choices we make are intimately tied to situational features. Although the …

Samuel I. Hayakawa (ed.), The use and misuse of language - PhilPapers Sign in | Create an
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The common-sense layman's assumption would be that the structure of the languages which
people grow up speaking reflects the properties of the language-samples they hear. There is …

The major interest of the present review is in the behavioral phases of language events. Non-
psychological and psychological studies of language are described. An extensive section …