Chapter 7
Smell
An unspeakable sensory experience?
Article outline
- 7.1What is olfaction about?
- 7.2Odors and smells here and elsewhere
- 7.2.1Odors ans smell in academic domains
- 7.2.2Odor of death and devils, smell of life and gods
- 7.2.3Odors and smells as social markers
- 7.2.4Smell and cognition
- 7.3Categories and knowledge of odors and smells in practices
- 7.3.1The classificatory tradition of odors? or odorants?
- 7.3.2Chemistry and technology of odors
- 7.3.3Knowledges and categories for odors in (professional) practices
- 7.3.3.1Savoirs faire olfactifs: Olfactory know-how
- 7.3.3.2The new economic challenges between deodorization and odorization
- 7.3.3.3Smell, scents and expertise in perfumes
- 7.4Odors, smells: Languages and communication
- 7.4.1Between taboos and confidentiality
- 7.4.2Linguistic resources for olfactory experiences
- 7.4.2.1A first lexical inventory from dictionaries
- 7.4.2.2Word elicitation task: In search for an olfactory chart and basic odor terms
- 7.4.2.3Beyond basic odor words: Morphological and syntactic constructions
- 7.4.2.4Lexical forms and word meaning in the discourse of subjective experience
- Personal marks
- Evidentiality
- 7.4.3Experiencing and naming odors
- 7.4.3.1Odors and “their” names: The veridical label revisited
- 7.5Case studies
- 7.5.1Odors in (public) space(s) of the real world
- 7.5.1.1Led by the nose in commercial malls
- 7.5.1.2Some “fragrances” of Paris: An olfactory walk in the Parisian subway
- 7.5.2Sensory experience in literary texts: Isotopy and interpretative course
- 7.6Theoretical, methodological and societal consequences
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