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Dan Jurafsky, a recipient of a MacArthur "Genius Grant," is professor and chair of linguistics and professor of computer science at Stanford University. He and his wife live in San Francisco.
- 语言学
- 饮食
- 美食
- 文化
- 历史
- linguistics
- 食
- 语言类
Stanford University linguist and MacArthur Fellow Dan Jurafsky dives into the hidden history of food.
Why do we eat toast for breakfast, and then toast to good health at dinner? What does the turkey we eat on Thanksgiving have to do with the country on the eastern Mediterranean? Can you figure out how much your dinner will cost by counting the words on the menu?
In The Language of Food, Stanford University professor and MacArthur Fellow Dan Jurafsky peels away the mysteries from the foods we think we know. Thirteen chapters evoke the joy and discovery of reading a menu dotted with the sharp-eyed annotations of a linguist.
Jurafsky points out the subtle meanings hidden in filler words like "rich" and "crispy," zeroes in on the metaphors and storytelling tropes we rely on in restaurant reviews, and charts a microuniverse of marketing language on the back of a bag of potato chips.
The fascinating journey through The Language of Food uncovers a global atlas of culinary influences. With Jurafsky's insight, words like ketchup, macaron, and even salad become living fossils that contain the patterns of early global exploration that predate our modern fusion-filled world.
From ancient recipes preserved in Sumerian song lyrics to colonial shipping routes that first connected East and West, Jurafsky paints a vibrant portrait of how our foods developed. A surprising history of culinary exchange—a sharing of ideas and culture as much as ingredients and flavors—lies just beneath the surface of our daily snacks, soups, and suppers.
Engaging and informed, Jurafsky's unique study illuminates an extraordinary network of language, history, and food. The menu is yours to enjoy.
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书中为了解释食物的流转的变化应用涉及了大量西方文化和外语词汇，如果对西方不是很了解个别的章节会变得特变晦涩难懂，像在第六章中对火鸡名称解释全篇引用了大量的外文我看了几页实在是看不明白。 不过可以看出作者的确是对吃的文化有很深刻的了解前几章对于食物的间接也很让...
评分评分7.8/10 还记得是去年十一月初在muji吃饭看到了台湾版，非常感兴趣，于是顺其自然地就在双十一购入了，但它排到的档期还是比较迟的，基于新年消耗主义作祟还是决定不能囤货，要刷完本书，豆瓣上本书的英文原版→台版→大陆版评分简直是阶梯式下降，但是基于对斯坦福语言学+...
评分 评分这是本娱乐性大于科普性的读物。 书中以食物为起源，介绍了与食物相关的语言，文化，历史，社会习惯。比如，第一章，作者通过餐厅中的菜单，得出结论，菜品描述中单词的平均长度每增加1各字母，这道菜的价格就会上升18美分！这就意味着如果餐厅使用比平均长度多3各字母的单词，...
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挺有趣的。就是说某个词的历史起源，保留到现在的经济和社会阶级原因。如何从菜单和菜名看出价位。猎奇者强烈推荐。
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评分奇怪地错觉一直认为作者是个华裔。 茶余饭后的小故事，还挺有趣的
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