Items for "natural semantic metalanguage (NSM)"

Cultural scripts, ways of speaking and perceptions of personal autonomy: Anglo English vs. Singapore English

Every language variety embodies a set of culture-specific ways of thinking that can be articulated with maximal clarity and minimal ethnocentrism in the form of ‘cultural scripts’ using natural semantic metalanguage (NSM)...

Keywords: cultural scripts, Anglo English, Singapore English, natural semantic metalanguage (NSM), personal autonomy