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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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也是看了陈晓卿的推荐期待太高。但是看到后面觉得很难看进去 。唯一get到的点也就是没有文化的孤岛 以及菜命的长短和价格的关系。很多内容都想跳过 写得太琐碎了 失去了趣味啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊...
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评分超有趣的一本书！语言学家+吃货这种组合简直不能再赞！ketchup跟我大天朝有啥关系，土耳其为毛叫Turkey，以及用计算语言学办法分析菜单、餐厅评价和广告，顺带还能揭示人类认知心理（比如所谓的Pollyanna effect），语言学怪咖果真注孤生…
评分旁征博引 可读性很高
评分超有意思哪。虽然对于统计方法比较感兴趣，但是里面没有提哦。
评分結構有些鬆散，但最後多少圓回來了。作者很可愛的，是給資深吃貨的休閒讀物，同時也能帶來學術思考。（不過最後一篇中國沒有dessert這個argument不是很能讓人信服）
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