Ecolinguistic Communication
POETRY FORMAT, 8 Sep 2014
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service
Rhymed Reflections
When breezily our ideas we express
How can they oceanly impress?
By arguing constructively in their mountainous climbing?
By probing dignifyingly in the sunniest ways of rhyming?
Ecolinguistically we can wisely communicate
When in tranquil waters of Nonkilling we navigate
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Francisco Gomes de Matos, Ph.D. is an applied peace linguist from Recife, Brazil. He has degrees in Languages, Law, and Linguistics. He is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco where he is active in the Dom Hélder Camara Human Rights Commission. He is one of the pioneers in Linguistic Rights (author of 1984 Plea for a Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights) and in the emerging area of Peace Linguistics. Currently he is President of the Board, Associação Brasil América (www.abaweb.org). He can be reached at fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com.
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