“…He transports readers from ancient sailing ships that brought the silk trade from China to Rome in the second century to the rise and fall of the Portuguese monopoly in spices in the sixteenth; from the American trade battles of the early twentieth century to the modern era of televisions from Taiwan, lettuce from Mexico, and T-shirts from China. …”

“…This book condenses nearly four years of work and thought by the Portuguese artists and authors, leading to a seminar on their work made possible by the contribution of the Fondazione Donnaregina per le Arti Contemporanee / Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina - Madre, Naples, in collaboration with Universita degli Studi of Salerno. …”

“…This immensely successful book has gone through many reprints and has also been published in Japanese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Taiwanese, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Iranian, Korean and Chinese. …”

“…After a general introduction follow six chapters presenting constructicon projects for English, German, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish, respectively, often in relation to a framenet of the language. …”