Minimal English and How It Can Add to Global English
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2018
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Goddard, Cliff
Wierzbicka, Anna
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Palgrave Macmillan
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The global spread of English is now something thac concerns millions of
people, in face, mega-millions, and ic creates challenges chac, we believe,
cross-linguistic semantics has something useful to say about. One of che
goals of this book is to bring che experience of cross-linguistic semantics,
that is, che scudy of meaning across languages, into che public arena and
to discuss ways in which it can be helpful in fostering clarity in intercultural
communication. Underlying it is the idea that Global English is
not an unmixed blessing as far as inrercultural understanding is concerned.
Yes, Global English facilitates international and intercultural
communication-but it can also create an impression that effective
intercultural understanding is occurring when in fact it is not. In his Cultures in Conversation, Carbaugh (2005: xxii-x:xiii) referred to difficulties
like these as 'invisible misunderstandings' (cf. Peeters forrhcoming/
2018). This book explores ways in which the use of Minimal English
can improve intercultural communication and cross-linguistic understanding
in the era of Global English.
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Minimal English for a Global World: Improved Communication Using Fewer Words
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