Cliff Goddard

Cliff Goddard (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, and 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).

Cliff Goddard
Born	(1953-05-12) 12 May 1953 Canberra, Australia
Academic background
Alma mater	Australian National University
Academic work
Main interests	semantics, pragmatics, natural semantic metalanguage, ethnopragmatics, language typology and cross-cultural linguistics

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 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 3-11-018997-6.
3. Senft, Gunter; Östman, Jan-Ola; Verschueren, Jef, eds. (2009). Culture and Language Use. John Benjamins. ISBN 90-272-0779-8.

External links

• Staff Page Griffith University
• Researcher Page NSM Homepage
• NSM Homepage