Minimal English for a Global World

Improved Communication Using Fewer Words

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

This book introduces a new tool for improving communication and promoting clearer thinking in a world where the use of Global English can create numerous comprehension and communication issues.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-10-19
Mått:148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:292
Upplaga:17001
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319625119

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Introduction; Cliff Goddard.- Chapter 2. Minimal English and How It Can Add to Global English; Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka.- Chapter 3. Minimal English: The Science Behind It; Cliff Goddard.- Chapter 4. Minimal English and Diplomacy; William Maley.- Chapter 5. Internationalizing Minimal English: Perils and Parallels; Nicholas Farrelly and Michael Wesley.- Chapter 6. A Charter of Global Ethic in Minimal English; Anna Wierzbicka.- Chapter 7. “Torture” laid bare; Annabelle Mooney.- Chapter 8. Talking about the Universe in Minimal English: Teaching Science Through Words That Children Can Understand; Anna Wierzbicka.- Chapter 9. Big History Meets Minimal English; David Christian.- Chapter 10. Introducing the Concept of the “65 Words” to the Public in Finland; Ulla Vanhatalo and Juhana Torkki.- Chapter 11. Narrative Medicine Across Languages and Cultures: Using Minimal English for Increased Comparability of Patients' Narratives; Bert Peeters and Maria Giulia Marini.