Minimal English for a Global World: Improved Communication Using Fewer Words

Chapter 1. Introduction; Cliff Goddard.- Chapter 2. Minimal English and How It Can Add to Global English; Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka.- Chapter 3. Minimal English: The Science Behind It; Cliff Goddard.- Chapter 4. Minimal English and Diplomacy; William Maley.- Chapter 5. Internationalizing Minimal English: Perils and Parallels; Nicholas Farrelly and Michael Wesley.- Chapter 6. A Charter of Global Ethic in Minimal English; Anna Wierzbicka.- Chapter 7. "Torture" laid bare; Annabelle Mooney.- Chapter 8. Talking about the Universe in Minimal English: Teaching Science Through Words That Children Can Understand; Anna Wierzbicka.- Chapter 9. Big History Meets Minimal English; David Christian.- Chapter 10. Introducing the Concept of the "65 Words" to the Public in Finland; Ulla Vanhatalo and Juhana Torkki.- Chapter 11. Narrative Medicine Across Languages and Cultures: Using Minimal English for Increased Comparability of Patients' Narratives; Bert Peeters and Maria Giulia Marini.