Delicious Words: East Asian Food Words in English

by Jieun Kiaer

Book Overview

As societies across the globe are becoming increasingly interwoven at an unprecedented speed and across an impressive scope, so too is the world of food, allowing the English language to develop an ever-widening culinary vocabulary. This book examines the lives of such words in today's discourse on eating and drinking, focusing on foreign - particularly East Asian - influences on culinary terms in English, and how words are born and evolve in a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367505916
• ISBN13: 9780367505912
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"