Minimal English and How It Can Add to Global English

Cliff Goddard; Anna Wierzbicka

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62512-6_2

Minimal English and How It Can Add to Global English

Cliff Goddard, Anna Wierzbicka

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The chapter outlines the origins, purpose and composition of Minimal English and explains its value as a supplement to English in its role as a global lingua franca. It argues for the great importance of cross-translatability in many contexts and shows with examples that many taken-for-granted words and concepts of Anglo English are heavily culture-laden and hence untranslatable. The chapter also clarifies how Minimal English is different from Ogden’s (1930) ‘Basic English’ and from Plain English.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Minimal English for a Global World
Subtitle of host publication	Improved Communication Using Fewer Words
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Pages	5-27
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319625126
ISBN (Print)	9783319625119
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62512-6_2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017

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