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Food, Language, and Society

Communication in Japanese Foodways
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 2023

Summary

Food, Language, and Society: Communication in Japanese Foodways examines the language of food in Japanese through the lens of cognitive science and cultural studies to explore intriguing ways in which language, food, and culture interact in the fabric of Japanese society. The questions of how, where, and by whom food and food experiences are described provide abundant opportunities for investigating relationships between language and culture from multi-disciplinary perspectives. Linguistic analysis of the language of food enables us to understand cognitive information that motivates and influences people’s rhetorical choices on foodways. Detailed discussions reveal that loanwords, mimetics, cooking terms, and metaphors serve as lynchpins to enrich the expressive power of the language of food. Food discourse situated in broader social and cultural contexts also reflect social norms and cultural practices deeply embedded within and beyond our gustatory and culinary life. Food narratives as in cookbooks and advertisements are an informative means for virtual interpersonal communication where individual and group identity is indexed, providing a platform for reexamination of gender and other social norms as response to changes in society. Examined from the interaction of linguistic and sociocultural perspectives, Food, Language, and Society illuminates the form, use, and social meaning of the language of food.

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Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2023
Copyright Year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-7133-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-7134-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
288
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. List of Tables No access
    3. Acknowledgments No access
    4. List of Abbreviations No access
  1. 1. Introduction to Food, Language, and Society No access Pages 1 - 8
    1. 2. Loanwords No access
    2. 3. Mimetics No access
    3. 4. The Vocabulary of Food Preparation—Concept and Lexical Process No access
    4. 5. Metaphors No access
    1. 6. Recipes and Cookbooks No access
    2. 7. Construction of Gendered Images in Foodways No access
  2. References No access Pages 249 - 268
  3. Index No access Pages 269 - 286
  4. About the Author No access Pages 287 - 288

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