| The Lexical Field of Taste Contributor(s): Backhouse, A. E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521445353 ISBN-13: 9780521445351 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Japanese - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
| Dewey: 495.601 |
| LCCN: 93038162 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.06 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this extraordinary new work, Dr. Backhouse undertakes a semantic study of taste terms in modern spoken Japanese. Through an investigation of the range of vocabulary available for the description of taste qualities, and their interrelationship in terms of meaning, Dr. Backhouse presents a sensitive elucidation of the structure of Japanese taste terms, which has significant implications for anthropological linguistics. He explores important semantic issues, such as the relationship between evaluative and descriptive meaning, the intralinguistic mechanisms at work in metaphor, and draws illuminating connections between the lexical field of color and that of taste. |