Cliff Goddard

Cliff Goddard
FAHA
Born (1953-05-12) 12 May 1953 (age 71)
Canberra, Australia
Academic background
Alma materAustralian National University
Academic work
Main interestssemantics, pragmatics, natural semantic metalanguage, ethnopragmatics, language typology and cross-cultural linguistics

Cliff Goddard FAHA (born 5 December 1953 in Canberra) is a professor of linguistics at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.[1] He is, with Anna Wierzbicka, a leading proponent of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage approach to linguistic analysis.[2] Goddard's research has explored cognitive and cultural aspects of everyday language and language use. He is considered a leading scholar in the fields of semantics and cross-cultural pragmatics.[3] His work spans English (especially Australian English), indigenous Australian languages (Yankunytjatjara, Pitjantjatjara), and South East Asian languages (especially Malay). He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2003.[4]

Selected publications

  • Cliff Goddard; Anna Wierzbicka (28 November 2013). Words and Meanings: Lexical Semantics Across Domains, Languages, and Cultures. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ACPROF:OSO/9780199668434.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-966843-4. OL 28146502M. Wikidata Q96773136.
  • Goddard, Cliff, ed. (2008). Cross-Linguistic Semantics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. ISBN 978-90-272-0569-8.
  • Goddard, Cliff, ed. (2006). Ethnopragmatics: Understanding Discourse in Cultural Context. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-018874-0.
  • Goddard, Cliff (2005). The Languages of East and Southeast Asia: An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-927311-1.
  • Goddard, Cliff; Wierzbicka, Anna, eds. (2002). Meaning and Universal Grammar – Theory and Empirical Findings. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN 90-272-3064-1.
  • Goddard, Cliff (1998). Semantic Analysis – A Practical Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-870016-4.
  • Goddard, Cliff; Wierzbicka, Anna, eds. (1994). Semantic and Lexical Universals – Theory and Empirical Findings. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. ISBN 90-272-3028-5.

Notes

  1. ^ "Professor Cliff Goddard". UNE Staff. University of New England. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  2. ^ Schalley, Andrea C.; Zaefferer, Dietmar (2007). Ontolinguistics: how ontological status shapes the linguistic coding of concepts. Mouton de Gruyter. p. 460. ISBN 978-3-11-018997-1.
  3. ^ Senft, Gunter; Östman, Jan-Ola; Verschueren, Jef, eds. (2009). Culture and Language Use. John Benjamins. ISBN 978-90-272-0779-1.
  4. ^ "Fellow Profile". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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