Minimal English for a Global World Improved Communication Using Fewer Words /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Goddard, Cliff (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Applied linguistics.; English language.; Multilingualism.; Sociolinguistics.; Discourse analysis.; Semantics.; Applied Linguistics.; English.; Discourse Analysis.

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. Based on research findings from cross-linguistic semantics, it contains essays and studies by leading expe...

Table of Contents:

• 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.