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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454340903321

Autore

Lehrer Adrienne

Titolo

Wine and conversation [[electronic resource] /] / by Adrienne Lehrer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-804206-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p. ) : ill. (some col.)

Disciplina

401.43

Soggetti

Semantics

Wine tasting - Terminology

Conversation

Semantics - Language

Pragmatics

Wine tasting

Philology & Linguistics

Languages & Literatures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983.

Sommario/riassunto

The world of wine vocabulary is growing alongside the current popularity of wine itself. The question is, what do these words mean? Can they actually reflect the objective characteristics of wine, and can two drinkers really use and understand these words in the same way?