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Jurafsky, Dan, 1962-
Subjects
Food -- History.
Food -- Terms and phrases.
Dinners and dining -- Terms and phrases.
Food habits -- History.
English language -- Etymology.
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Jurafsky, Dan, 1962-
Food -- History.
Food -- Terms and phrases.
Dinners and dining -- Terms and phrases.
Food habits -- History.
English language -- Etymology.
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The language of food : a linguist reads the menu / Dan
Jurafsky
.
by
Jurafsky
, Dan,
1962-
W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Call #:
641.3 J95L
Subjects
Food -- History.
Food -- Terms and phrases.
Dinners and dining -- Terms and phrases.
Food habits -- History.
English language -- Etymology.
ISBN:
9780393240832 (hc.)
0393240835 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
246 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-227) and index.
Summary:
"Why do we eat toast for breakfast, and then toast to good health at dinner? What does the turkey we eat on Thanksgiving have to do with the country on the eastern Mediterranean? Can you figure out how much your dinner will cost by counting the words on the menu? In The Language of Food, Stanford University professor and MacArthur Fellow Dan
Jurafsky
peels away the mysteries from the foods we think we know. Thirteen chapters evoke the joy and discovery of reading a menu dotted with the sharp-eyed annotations of a linguist.
Jurafsky
points out the subtle meanings hidden in filler words like 'rich' and 'crispy,' zeroes in on the metaphors and storytelling tropes we rely on in restaurant reviews, and charts a microuniverse of marketing language on the back of a bag of potato chips. The fascinating journey through The Language of Food uncovers a global atlas of culinary influences. With
Jurafsky
's insight, words like ketchup, macaron, and even salad become living fossils that contain the patterns of early global exploration that predate our modern fusion-filled world."--From publisher.
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Microhistory.
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