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Minimal English is a radically reduced form of English designed to be maximally clear and cross-translatable into other languages of the world. This chapter overviews the ten subsequent chapters in this collaborative and multidisciplinary volume.
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2014. Imprisoned in English: The Hazards of English as a Default Language. New York: Oxford University Press.
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The ANU Centre for Humanities provided valuable support for 2015 Symposium “Global English, Minimal English”, held at Australian National University.
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Goddard, C. (2018). Introduction. In: Goddard, C. (eds) Minimal English for a Global World. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62512-6_1
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