This brief paper examines some of the problems of interpretation of documents and procedures given in English faced by non-English seafarers, and suggests the use of ‘controlled’ English to simplify these problems.
‘ Speak English ’, said the Eaglet, ‘ I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and what's more, I don't believe you do either. ’
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Maritime language: quest for simplicity
Maritime Policy & Management ; 5 , 2 ; 133-140
1978-04-01
8 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Unbekannt
NTIS | 2009
|Engineering Index Backfile | 1938