Minimal English for a Global World

1. Introduction
Cliff Goddard

2. Minimal English and How It Can Add to Global English
Cliff Goddard, Anna Wierzbicka

3. Minimal English: The Science Behind It
Cliff Goddard

4. Minimal English and Diplomacy
William Maley

5. Internationalizing Minimal English: Perils and Parallels
Nicholas Farrelly, Michael Wesley

6. Charter of Global Ethic in Minimal English
Anna Wierzbicka

7. Torture Laid Bare: Global English and Human Rights
Annabelle Mooney

8. Talking About the Universe in Minimal English: Teaching Science Through Words That Children Can Understand
Anna Wierzbicka

9. Big History Meets Minimal English
David Christian

10. Introducing the Concept of the ‘65 Words’ to the Public in Finland
Ulla Vanhatalo, Juhana Torkki

11. Narrative Medicine Across Languages and Cultures: Using Minimal English for Increased Comparability of Patients’ Narratives
Bert Peeters, Maria Giulia Marini

Avainsanat: Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, English, Multilingualism, Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Semantics