Minimal English for a Global World

Minimal English for a Global World Improved Communication Using Fewer Words

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Minimal English for a Global World

Improved Communication Using Fewer Words

Cliff Goddard

Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General

Explores the idea that Global English is not an unmixed blessing as far as intercultural understanding is concerned by demonstrating the values and applications of Minimal English as a communicative tool
Draws on findings from the Natural Semantic Metalanguage research project
Examines all aspects of Minimal English including its scope and history, as well as how it can be applied to varied domains including politics, diplomacy, education and human rights discourse
Cliff Goddard is Professor of Linguistics at Griffith University, Australia, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. His research interests lie at the intersection of language, meaning and culture. He has published widely in descriptive and theoretical semantics, language description and typology, ethnopragmatics and intercultural communication.

Publication Date: 22 June 2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 9783319873329
Format: Paperback softback
Page Count: 292

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