文档介绍：This is a descriptive semantic study of taste terms in modern spoken Japanese,
combining the theoretical approach of the lexical semantic field with
methodological procedures developed in anthropological linguistics. Through
an investigation of the range of vocabulary available for the description and
evaluation of tastes in the language, Dr Backhouse presents a sensitive
elucidation of the structure of central Japanese taste terms, their extended
meanings, and other linguistic properties. He explores important semantic
issues, such as the relation between evaluative and descriptive meaning, and
the intralingual mechanisms at work in metaphor. He also draws illuminating
connections between the lexical field of colour and that of taste. As the first
extended treatment of the taste terms of a language other than English, Dr
Backhouse's study will be ed not only by linguists but also by
anthropologists and psychologists with an interest in this neglected area of the
language of perception.
CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS
SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME
General Editors: J. BRESNAN, B. COMRIE, W. DRESSLER,
R. HUDDLESTON, R. LASS, D. LIGHTFOOT, J. LYONS,
P. H. MATTHEWS, R. POSNER, S. ROMAINE,
N. V. SMITH, N. VINCENT
The Lexical Field of Taste
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54 EVE SWEETSER: From etymology to pragmatics: metaphorical and cultural
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56 ANDREW CHESTERMAN: On definiteness: a study with special reference to
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57 ALESSANDRA I and GUISEPPE LONGOBARDI: The syntax of noun
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58 MONIK CHARETTE: Conditions on phonological government
59 M. H. KLAIMAN: Grammatical voice
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