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  • In Praise of Minimal Languages

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    Embargoed until: 2023-05-25
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    Author(s)
    Goddard, Clifford
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    Goddard, Cliff W.
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    This chapter explains the concept of minimal languages and argues for their importance as new tool for achieving clearer, more accessible, and more translatable communication. It describes the core vocabulary and grammar of minimal languages, and discusses how this may be expanded for particular purposes. Using examples, it shows important differences between Minimal English, on the one hand, and an older system of so-called Basic English, on the other. Finally, the chapter introduces and contextualises the studies in this volume.This chapter explains the concept of minimal languages and argues for their importance as new tool for achieving clearer, more accessible, and more translatable communication. It describes the core vocabulary and grammar of minimal languages, and discusses how this may be expanded for particular purposes. Using examples, it shows important differences between Minimal English, on the one hand, and an older system of so-called Basic English, on the other. Finally, the chapter introduces and contextualises the studies in this volume.
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    Book Title
    Minimal Languages in Action
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64077-4_1
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    © 2021 Springer. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. It is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the publisher’s website for further information.
    Subject
    Sociology
    Linguistics
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/408545
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