UNEAC Affiliated Fellow
| A/Prof. Cliff Goddard School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 AUSTRALIA Phone: 67733309 Fax: 67733735 Email address: cgoddard@metz.une.edu.au |
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UNEAC Affiliated Fellow
| A/Prof. Cliff Goddard School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 AUSTRALIA Phone: 67733309 Fax: 67733735 Email address: cgoddard@metz.une.edu.au |
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Cliff Goddard was born and educated in Australia, receiving his PhD in Linguistics in 1984 from the Australian National University. He is a leading figure in the natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) approach to language, and its off-shoot, the theory of cultural scripts. In the 1980s his descriptive focus was on Australian Aboriginal languages (especially the Yankunytjatjara dialect of Central Australia), but in the 1990s he shifted focus to Asian languages, especially Malay (Bahasa Melayu). He has published widely in both these areas, and also on a range of other topics in linguistic theory and language typology. Among other units, he teaches courses on Asian languages and on intercultural communication at UNE. He is currently finalising a textbook on Asian languages for publication with Oxford University Press.
Research interests and current research projects related to Asia:
A/Prof. Goddard's research interests lie in the intersection of language, culture and meaning. They include: semantic theory, cross-cultural semantics, ethnopragmatics (the cultural shaping of speech practices), intercultural communication, descriptive linguistics, language typology, Malay (Bahasa Melayu), Australian English.
His main Asia-related research at the moment is on the ethnopragmatics of Malay.
Other relevant information:
For information and extensive bibliographies on NSM semantics, consult The NSM Homepage:
http://www.une.edu.au/arts/LCL/disciplines/linguistics/nsmpage.htm
Recent publications:
In press. Directive speech-acts in Malay: An ethnopragmatic perspective. In *Les Cahiers de Praxématique* (Special issue on Intercultural Communication, edited by Christine Béal). [Ms available from author.]
2002. (ed. with Anna Wierzbicka). *Meaning and Universal Grammar - Theory and Empirical Findings*. [two volumes] Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
2002. Semantic primes and universal grammar in Malay (Bahasa Melayu). In Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka (eds), *Meaning and Universal Grammar - Theory and Empirical Findings, Volume I*. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 87-172.
2001. Hati: A key word in the Malay vocabulary of emotion. In *Emotions in Cross-linguistic Perspective*. Edited by Jean Harkins and Anna Wierzbicka. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 167-195.
2001. Sabar, ikhlas, setia-patient, sincere, loyal? A contrastive semantic study of some "virtues" in Malay and English. *Journal of Pragmatics* 33, 653-681.
2001. The polyfunctional Malay focus particle pun. *Multilingua* 20(1), 27-59.
2000. "Cultural scripts" and communicative style in Malay (Bahasa Melayu). *Anthropological Linguistics* 42(1), 81-106.
1998. *Semantic Analysis: A Practical Introduction*. Oxford: Oxford University Press.