Professor Cliff Goddard
Professor, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences
Qualifications
BA (Hons), PhD (ANU)
Contact
| Email: | cgoddard@une.edu.au |
| Room: | E11 135 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3309 (or +61 2 6773 3309 overseas) |
Dr Goddard has published articles in journals such as Anthropological Linguistics, Australian Journal of Linguistics, Culture & Psychology, Ethos, Forensic Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics, Language & Communication, Language Sciences, Linguistic Typology, Man, Oceanic Linguistics, Semiotica and Studies in Language. With Anna Wierzbicka, he is co-editor of Semantic and Lexical Universals-Theory and Empirical Findings (John Benjamins, 1994). He is editor of Studies in the Syntax of Universal Semantic Primitives (a 'special issue' of Language Sciences, 1997). He is author of the textbook Semantic Analysis: A Practical Introduction (Oxford University Press, 1998). He is co-editor, with Anna Wierzbicka, of a two volume collection of studies titled 'Meaning and Universal Grammar' (John Benjamins 2002). He is co-editor, with Anna wierzbicka, of Cultural Scripts (a 'special issue' of Intercultural Pragmatics, 2005). He is author of the Languages of East and Southeast Asia: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2005). He is editor of Ethnopragmatics: Understanding Discourse in Cultural Context (Mouton de Gruyter, 2006) and Cross-Linguistic Semantics (John Benjamins, 2008).
In the 1980s Dr Goddard worked in educational applications of linguistics in Central Australia and in language teaching, with the Institute for Aboriginal Development (Alice Springs) and the SA Education Department's Anangu Schools Resource Centre (Ernabella). He has also published on Pitjantjatjara literacy development.
Affiliations
Dr Goddard is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and is Director of the Faculty's Language and Cognition Research Centre (LCRC).
Areas of Teaching
Dr Goddard teaches in semantics, Asian languages, intercultural communication and general linguistics.Research interests
Dr Goddard's main research interests are in lexical and grammatical semantics, language description and typology, and cross-cultural pragmatics. He has made important theoretical contributions toward the development of the NSM ('natural semantic metalanguage') approach to semantic analysis, in conjunction with the leading figure in this field Prof. Anna Wierzbicka. He has worked extensively on the Western Desert Language of Central Australia, having published a dictionary and grammar of the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara dialects of that language. He has also published extensively on the cultural semantics of and pragmatic conventions of Malay (Bahasa Melayu).
Books
Goddard, C. 2005. The Languages of East and Southeast Asia: An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Goddard, C. 1998. Semantic Analysis - A practical introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Goddard, C. 1996. Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary [Revised 2nd edition], Alice Springs: IAD Press.
Goddard, C. 1993. A Learner's Guide to Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara. Alice Springs: Institute for Aboriginal Development.
Goddard, C. 1992. Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary [2nd edition]. Alice Springs: Institute for Aboriginal Development.
Goddard, C. 1987. A Basic Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary. Alice Springs: Institute for Aboriginal Development.
Goddard, C. 1986. Yankunytjatjara Grammar. Alice Springs: Institute for Aboriginal Development.
Edited Books
Goddard, C. (ed.). 2008. Cross-Linguistic Semantics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Goddard, C. (ed.). 2006. Ethnopragmatics: Understanding Discourse in Cultural Context. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Goddard, C. (ed. with Anna Wierzbicka). 2004. Cultural Scripts. Special Issue of Intercultural Pragmatics. 1(2).
Goddard, C. (ed. with Gary Palmer and Penny Lee). 2003. Talking about "Thinking". Special Issue of Cognitive Linguistics, 14(2/3).
Goddard, C. (ed. with Anna Wierzbicka). 2002. Meaning and Universal Grammar – Theory and Empirical Findings. Two Volumes. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Goddard, C. 1997. (General ed.; consultant eds Elizabeth Ellis and Leanne Cook) Pocket Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary. Alice Springs: Institute for Aboriginal Development.
Goddard, C. 1997. Studies in the Syntax of Universal Semantic Primitives. Special Issue of Language Sciences, 19(3).
Goddard, C. (ed. with A. Wierzbicka) 1994. Semantic and Lexical Universals - Theory and Empirical Findings. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Goddard, C. 1992. (ed. with Nicholas Evans) Special edition on 'Aboriginal linguistics'. Australian Journal of Linguistics 12(1).
Goddard, C. 1988. (ed., with A. Kalotas) Punu: Yankunytjatjara Plant Use. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.