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Ten Lectures on Natural Semantic MetaLanguage: Exploring language, thought and culture using simple, translatable words: 21 (Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics, 21) - Hardcover

Book 27 of 30: Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics

Cliff Goddard

 
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Synopsis

These lively lectures introduce the theory, practice and application of a versatile, rigorous and non Anglocentic approach to cross-linguistic semantics. Topics include semantic primes and molecules, emotions, evaluation, verbs and event structure, cultural key words and scripts, language teaching.

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About the Author

Cliff Goddard, Ph.D (1983), Australian National University, is Professor of Linguistics at Griffith University. He has published widely on semantics and pragmatics, including Words and Meanings (OUP, 2014) co-authored with Anna Wierzbicka, and the collective volume Minimal English for a Global World (Palgrave, 2017).

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