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Wine and Conversation.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (332 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198042068
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Wine and ConversationDDC classification:
  • 412
LOC classification:
  • P325.L368 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- PART I. THE WINE VOCABULARY -- 1. Wine Words -- 2. Extending the Vocabulary -- 3. New Wine Words -- 4. Aromas and Wine Wheels -- 5. Evaluating Wines: Scoring Systems -- 6. Semantic Analysis -- PART II. THE EXPERIMENTS -- 7. Experiments and Subjects -- 8. The Stanford Subjects -- 9. The Tucson Subjects -- 10. The Davis Subjects -- 11. Later Experiments -- 12. Research on Taste and Smell -- PART III. FUNCTIONS OF WINE TALK -- 13. Functions of Language -- 14. The Development of Scientific Language -- 15. Nonscientific Uses of Language -- 16. Snobs, Anti-Snobs, and Marketing -- 17. What Else Is Like Wine Description? -- 18. Conclusion -- Appendix. Vino, Veritas, and Vectors, -- Postscript 1. Sweet as a Natural Kind Term -- Postscript 2. Word Clusters -- Notes -- References -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Summary: Wine descriptors are colorful and interesting. Wine writers keep creating new ones. This book analyzses them and shows how to make sense of metaphors, like brawny, intellectual, and masculine. The author's experiments show that although there is little consensus on the meaning of use of wine words, it is possible with training for people with sensitive palates and good aroma and taste memories to learn a shared vocabulary.
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Intro -- Contents -- PART I. THE WINE VOCABULARY -- 1. Wine Words -- 2. Extending the Vocabulary -- 3. New Wine Words -- 4. Aromas and Wine Wheels -- 5. Evaluating Wines: Scoring Systems -- 6. Semantic Analysis -- PART II. THE EXPERIMENTS -- 7. Experiments and Subjects -- 8. The Stanford Subjects -- 9. The Tucson Subjects -- 10. The Davis Subjects -- 11. Later Experiments -- 12. Research on Taste and Smell -- PART III. FUNCTIONS OF WINE TALK -- 13. Functions of Language -- 14. The Development of Scientific Language -- 15. Nonscientific Uses of Language -- 16. Snobs, Anti-Snobs, and Marketing -- 17. What Else Is Like Wine Description? -- 18. Conclusion -- Appendix. Vino, Veritas, and Vectors, -- Postscript 1. Sweet as a Natural Kind Term -- Postscript 2. Word Clusters -- Notes -- References -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Wine descriptors are colorful and interesting. Wine writers keep creating new ones. This book analyzses them and shows how to make sense of metaphors, like brawny, intellectual, and masculine. The author's experiments show that although there is little consensus on the meaning of use of wine words, it is possible with training for people with sensitive palates and good aroma and taste memories to learn a shared vocabulary.

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