Minimal English for a global world : improved communication using fewer words /: improved communication using fewer words. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Cliff Goddard.
• Editors: Goddard, Cliff
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 302.2; Interpersonal communication; English language
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319625126
• Related ISBNs: 9783319625119
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