The Linguistics of Eating and Drinking -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- References -- A cross-linguistic overview of 'eat' and 'drink' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Central Meanings -- 3. Lexicalizations -- 4. Syntax with central meanings -- 5. Extensions based on the perfectivity of 'eat' -- 6. Extensions based on internalization -- 6.1 Extensions based on the sensation of the consumer -- 6.2 Pleasant inhaling, smoking etc -- 6.3 Emotional/intellectual satisfaction -- 6.4 Chepang emotive 'eat' suffix -- 6.5 To experience unpleasantness -- 6.6 Adversative passive -- 6.7 Hausa frequentative -- 7 Extensions based on the destruction of food -- 7.1 Physical destruction -- 7.2. Psychological torment -- 8. Extensions based on sensation and destruction -- 8.1 Eat one's words -- 8.2 Sexual intercourse -- 9. Eat' and 'drink' as salient human concepts -- 10. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- How transitive are eat and drink verbs? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Crosslinguistic data -- 2.1 Intransitive alternants -- 2.2 Labile verbs -- 2.3 Causativisation -- 2.4 Case-marking patterns -- 3. The affected agent -- 4. Affected agents and the transitive prototype -- 5. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Quirky alternations of transitivity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ingestives in a cross-linguistic perspective -- 3. Ingestives and ambitransitivity -- 3.1 The implicit object -- 3.2 The Lexical Structure of Ingestives -- 4. Ingestives as three-place predicates -- 5. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- All people eat and drink. does this mean that 'eat' and 'drink' are universal human concepts? -- 1. Introduction: universals of the human condition vs. universals of human thinking -- A human universal [A] -- A human universal [B] -- A human universal [C].

2. Metalanguage as a central problem for cross-linguistic semantics -- 3. Eating" and "drinking" in the Papuan Kalam -- The Kalam word ñb ('eat/drink') -- 4. The English verbs 'eat' and 'drink' seen from a Kalam perspective -- Someone (X) was eating something (Y) -- Someone (X) was drinking something (Y) -- 5. Eating" and "drinking" in the Australian language Warlpiri -- The Warlpiri word yilyi-wirrpirni ( 'to slurp, like kangaroo blood') -- 6. The English concept of 'sucking' and its closest counterparts in Warlpiri -- Someone (X) was sucking something (Y)   [e.g., a bottle] -- Someone (X) was sucking something (Y) from something (Z) -- 7. Drinking" in another Australian language, Arrernte -- Someone (X) was antyweme-ing ( 'drinking/sucking') something (juice, nectar -- blood -- mother's milk) -- 8. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- eating', 'drinking' and 'smoking' -- 1. The verb of 'consumption' and its semantics in Manambu -- 1.1 Eating, drinking and smoking: general remarks -- 1.2 Metaphorical consumption' in Manambu -- 1.3 Other verbs referring to food consumption -- 1.4 Eating' as the central meaning of the verb 'consume' -- 2. The status of the verb of consumption in Manambu -- 3. Verb of consumption' in Manambu: genetic and areal perspective -- Abbreviations -- References -- Athapaskan eating and drinking verbs and constructions -- 1. A focus on themes in the Dene languages -- 2. A brief overview of Dene clause structure and the Dene verb -- 3. Specialized" classificatory consumption verb stems in some Dene languages -- 4. Co-opted" classificatory consumption verb stems in other Dene languages -- 5. Manner and extent of consumption coding -- 5.1 Non-classificatory stem sources for manner-conflating consumption verbs -- 5.2 Prefix modulations affecting eating and drinking verbs.

6. Figurative eating and drinking in Dene languages -- 6.1 Metonymies -- 6.2 Metaphors -- 7. Hunger and thirst in Athapaskan -- 8. The lexical semantics of basic verbs and coming to terms with Athapaskan prehistory -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- References -- The semantic evolution of eat-expressions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cognitive issues -- 3. Patterns of diffusion in Hindi-Urdu -- 4. Variation in the thematic roles of the subjects of EAT-expressions -- 5. Syntactic properties of EAT-expressions in Hindi-Urdu -- 6. EAT-expressions in Marathi (Indo-Aryan, southern neighbor of Hindi) -- A. Disappearance of EAT-expressions in Marathi -- B. Patterns of diffusion in Marathi -- B1 Cohyponymy -- B2 Hypernymy -- B3 Higher-level synonymy (tsop = maar): -- 7. Signs of a prehistoric radiation of EAT -- 8. Conclusions and conjectures -- Abbreviations -- References -- Literal and figurative uses of japanese eat and drink -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Morphosyntax with the central meaning -- 3. Eat' -- 3.1 Taberu, kuu, kurau -- 3.2 Shoku-suru -- 4. Drink' -- 4.1 Nomu, tashinamu -- 4.2 Tashinamu -- 5. Honorifics -- 6. Metaphoric extensions -- 6.1 Holding food in the mouth -- 6.2 Internalizing food -- 6.3 Biting food -- 6.4 Destruction of food -- 6.5 Swallowing food/liquid -- 6.6 Receiving food -- 7. Metonymic extensions -- 8. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Internet sources -- What (not) to eat or drink -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic syntax and semantics of mek- 'to eat' and masi- 'to drink' -- 3. Internal structure of eating and drinking -- 4. Metaphorical extensions of the verb mek- 'eat' -- 4.1 Agent-oriented extensions -- 4.2 Patient-oriented extensions -- 4.3 Extensions based on internalization and destruction -- 4.4 Why can you eat heat when you can't eat cold? -- 5. Social significance of eating and drinking in Korean (culture) -- 6. Conclusion.

Abbreviations -- References -- Metaphorical extensions of 'eat' ⇒[overcome] and 'drink' ⇒ [undergo] in hausa -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The hypothesis -- 3. prototypical ci = overcome (control/domination): 'eat, consume, devour' ⇒ 'overcome, conquer, overpower, take over, destroy', etc. -- subject = agent (+ experiencer) or causer, object = theme or patient -- 4. prototypical shaa = undergoing: 'drink' ⇒ 'undergo, suffer, endure', etc -- subject = experiencer, object = stimulus -- 4.1 Shaa 'drink' ⇒ quantificational 'do X frequently, regularly' -- 5. identical environments where ci overcome [punctual] + x contrasts with shaa undergo [durative] + x -- 5.1 Possible neutralization: metaphorical ci + x = shaa + x -- 6. Summary -- Abbreviations -- References -- Amharic eat and drink verbs -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Form, meaning, and morphosyntax of literal bәl- and t'әt'- -- 2.1 Form -- 2.2 Meaning -- 2.3 Morphosyntax -- 3. Figurative extensions of bәl- and t'әt'- -- 3.1 Internalization -- 3.2 Destruction -- 3.3 Affected agent -- 3.4 Nominalized uses -- 4. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Author index -- Language index -- Subject index -- The series Typological Studies in Language.