The lexical field of taste : a semantic study of Japanese taste terms
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Bibliographic Information
The lexical field of taste : a semantic study of Japanese taste terms
(Cambridge studies in linguistics, Supplementary volume)
Cambridge University Press, 2005
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
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  United States of America
Note
"This digitally printed first paperback version 2005"--T.p. verso
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Edinburgh, 1978
Bibliography: p. 187-192
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 colour and that of taste.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Taste and terms
- 2. Lexical meaning
- 3. Methodology
- 4. Evaluative taste terms in Japanese
- 5. Descriptive taste terms in Japanese (I)
- 6. Descriptive taste terms in Japanese (II)
- 7. Retrospect and prospects
- Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index.
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