Title:

OS24-4 Expression of the taste of Japanese sake and metaphor

Publication: ICAROB2019
Volume: 24
Pages: 589-592
ISSN: 2188-7829
DOI: 10.5954/ICAROB.2019.OS24-4
Author(s): Akinori Abe
Publication Date: January 10, 2019
Keywords: expression of taste, metaphor, Japanese sake, affordance
Abstract: Seto explained ``tasting expression'' from the aspects of synesthetic expressions (both direction), which are metaphor, metonoymy, and synecdoche. When we express the taste of Japanese sake, we sometimes use the expression ``Refreshing scent such as the scent of muskmelon and pear is elegant...'' It is rather easy to express the taste by using the well-known taste. However, how we control the path of the metaphor flow? For instance, we frequently use the expression ``cheek like apple.'' Why we assume the colour is red? Similarly, for the taste of the sake, we frequently use the expression ``taste like apple.'' Which apple we assume? In this paper, I will discuss the flow of the metaphor from the aspect of discussion above..
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