Hiding behind the dictionary
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Genre: Television
Year Published: 1958
Creator: Dr. S.I. Hayakawa KQED W. A. Palmer Films Inc. Richard Moore Tom Borden Ralph Chesse Ruth Asawa
Format: 16mm
Description: Discusses and illustrates how dictionaries are prepared. Explains how the meanings of words are learned without using the dictionary. Provides examples of how words are inferred from both physical and verbal contexts. Points out that a writer of a dictionary is a historian, not a lawgiver. Stresses the importance of being sensitive to language changes. (KQED) Kinescope.
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