Where Is the Meaning

Duration: 33

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1958

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Explains where the true meaning of words is found. Points out that meaning is in the nervous system of the speaker and the listener, not in the words themselves. Discusses four basic conditions of meaningfulness: (1) those which are physical and verifiable by observation; (2) rules of the language; (3) valuative; (4) society and its institutions. (KQED) Film., Explains where the true meaning of words is found. Points out that meaning is in the nervous system of the speaker and listener, not in the words themselves. Discusses four basic conditions of meaningfulness. Features Dr. S. I. Hayakawa of San Francisco State College.

Complete Record: Explains where the true meaning of words is found. Points out that meaning is in the nervous system of the speaker and the listener, not in the words themselves. Discusses four basic conditions of meaningfulness: (1) those which are physical and verifiable by observation; (2) rules of the language; (3) valuative; (4) society and its institutions. (KQED) Film., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.