Forms of Reduced English

Massimo Laganà (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

165 Seiten

2023 | New edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-2942-7 (ISBN)

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This book illustrates the objectives and assumptions—as well as the construction techniques and the structure—of some of the most interesting forms of reduced English, including Basic English, Special English, Plain English, Simplified English, Easy English, Specialized English, Nuclear English, Globish, and Basic Global English. Although they have different cultural approaches and are aimed at communication purposes which are not always homogeneous and are sometimes divergent, all the studies underpinning these projects share a common goal: bearing in mind the globalization processes of the contemporary world, their primary aim is to use English as a starting point from which to build a language tool to be employed as a lingua franca for effective and adequate international communication in economic, scientific, and cultural fields.The book is primarily intended for students and scholars interested in the various attempts that have been made to simplify the English language in order to make it universally available for a simple, effective and global communication.

Massimo Laganà, PhD, is Senior Researcher of English Language and Translation at the University of Messina, Italy, and Director of AGON International Journal of Cultural, Linguistic and Literary Studies. His research interests are mainly focused on general problems of linguistic communication, on the study of English language and on significant figures of English and American literature. He has translated several books on Su Jok Therapy into Italian.He has authored the volumes Cosmogonia ed estetica in Edgar Allan Poe (Cosmogony and Aesthetics in Edgar Allan Poe, 1999), Elementi di grammatica inglese con note linguistiche (Elements of English Grammar with Linguistic Notes, 2010) and Introduzione al verbo inglese (An Introduction to the English Verb, 2010), and various essays on parodic and multimedial communication, didactics of English as well as some studies on Hobbes, Korzybski, Marlowe, Stevenson, Thoreau, Twain, and Wierzbicka. His latest research is centered on the main forms of reduced English.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.11.2023
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
ISBN-10	1-5275-2942-8 / 1527529428
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-2942-7 / 9781527529427
Zustand	Neuware