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The Language of Food in Japanese book cover

The Language of Food in Japanese:
Cognitive perspectives and beyond

Edited by Kiyoko Toratani

Many studies on the language of food examine English or adopt discourse analysis. This volume makes a fresh attempt to analyze Japanese, focusing on non-discursive units. It offers state-of-the-art data-oriented studies, including methods of analysis in line with Cognitive Linguistics. It orchestrates relatable and intriguing topics, from sound-symbolism in rice cracker naming to meanings of aesthetic sake taste terms. The chapters show that the language of food in Japanese is multifaceted: for instance, expressivity is enhanced by ideophones, as sensory words iconically depicting perceptual experiences and as nuanced words flexibly participating in neologization; context-sensitivity is exemplified by words deeply imbued with socio-cultural constructs; creativity is portrayed by imaginative expressions grounded in embodied experience. The volume will be a valuable resource for students and researchers, not only in linguistics but also in neighboring disciplines, who seek deeper insights into how language interacts with food in Japanese or any other language.

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Maria João Dodman
2016

Maria João Dodman: AndarIlha.  Viagens de um hífen [Wanderer.  Voyages of a Hyphen] (Publicor , 2016)

Discursive Constructions of Consent in the Legal Process book cover

Susan Ehrlich
2016

Susan Ehrlich (with co-editors Diana Eades and Janet Ainsworth):  Discursive Constructions of Consent in the Legal Process (Oxford Studies in Language and Law, ...

Authority, Piracy, and Captivity in Colonial Spanish American Writing book cover

Emiro Martínez-Osorio
2016

Authority, Piracy, and Captivity in Colonial Spanish American Writing examines the intricate bond between poetry and history writing that shaped ...

Gabriela Alboiu
2016

Gabriela Alboiu (with co-author Virginia Hill UNB): Verb Movement and Clause Structure in Old Romanian (Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics, ...

Translation and Translating in German Studies

Diana Spokiene
2016

Diana Spokiene (with co-author John L. Plews): Translation and Translating in German Studies (Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2016)

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James Walker
2015

James Walker: Canadian English:  A Sociolinguistic Perspective (Routledge: 2015)

The Poetry of Sports and the Sport of Poetry book cover

Maria L. Figueredo
2015

This collection brings together visual and literary works contributed by writers across the Americas for the Toronto 2015 Pan American ...

Uploaded To Speak English or What?: Codeswitching and Interpreter Use in New York City Courts book cover

Philipp Angermeyer
2015

Philipp Angermeyer: Speak English or What?: Codeswitching and Interpreter Use in New York City Courts (Oxford Studies in Language and Law, ...

Poesia y Canto Popular book cover

Maria L. Figueredo
2015

Poesía y canto popular: Su convergencia en el siglo XX. Uruguay, 1960-1985 [Poetry and Popular Song: Their Convergence in the ...

Rethinking Heritage Language Education book cover

Themis Aravossitas
2015

Congratulations to Themis Aravossitas who just published a co-edited volume with Cambridge University Press (together with Peter Pericles Trifonas). Rethinking Heritage Language Education brings ...

Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality book cover

Susan Ehrlich
2014

Congratulations to Susan Ehrlich and her co-editors Miriam Meyerhoff and Janet Holmes whose Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality just appeared in a substantially ...

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Geoff Lawrence
2014

Lawrence, G., Haque, E., King, J. & Rajabi, S. "Exploring the feasibility of e-learning in Ontario ESL programs." (PDF) Contact, 40.1(2014).

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James Walker
2014

Walker, J. "Variation analysis." Research Methods in Linguistics. Ed. R. Podesva & D. Sharma. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 440-59.

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Philipp Angermeyer
2014

Angermeyer, P. "Monolingual ideologies and multilingual practices in small claims court: The case of Spanish-speaking arbitrators." International Journal of Multilingualism 11 (4): ...

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Geoff Lawrence
2014

Lawrence, G. "A call for the human feel in today's increasingly blended world." H.M. McGarrell & D. Wood (Eds.) Contact - ...

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Roberta Sinyor
2014

Sinyor, R. «Carmen Covito e il rapporto tra madre e figlia: il cordone ombelicale non reciso ne La Bruttina stagionat», ...