The language of food : a linguist reads the menu /
Jurafsky, Dan, 1962-
The language of food : a linguist reads the menu / Dan Jurafsky. - First edition. - 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How to read a menu -- Entrée -- From sikbāj to fish and chips -- Ketchup, cocktails, and pirates -- A toast to toast -- Who are you calling a turkey? -- Sex, drugs, and sushi rolls -- Potato chips and the nature of the self -- Salad, salsa, and the flour of chivalry -- Macaroon, macaron, macaroni -- Sherbet, fireworks, and mint juleps -- Does this name make me sound fat? : why ice cream and crackers have different names -- Why the Chinese don't have dessert.
0393240835 9780393240832
2014020202
Food--History.
Food--Terms and phrases
Food habits--History
English language--Etymology.
TX353 / .J78 2014
641.32009
The language of food : a linguist reads the menu / Dan Jurafsky. - First edition. - 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How to read a menu -- Entrée -- From sikbāj to fish and chips -- Ketchup, cocktails, and pirates -- A toast to toast -- Who are you calling a turkey? -- Sex, drugs, and sushi rolls -- Potato chips and the nature of the self -- Salad, salsa, and the flour of chivalry -- Macaroon, macaron, macaroni -- Sherbet, fireworks, and mint juleps -- Does this name make me sound fat? : why ice cream and crackers have different names -- Why the Chinese don't have dessert.
0393240835 9780393240832
2014020202
Food--History.
Food--Terms and phrases
Food habits--History
English language--Etymology.
TX353 / .J78 2014
641.32009