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LINGUA FRANCA
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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LINGUA FRANCA. [The plural is usually
lingua francas, but sometimes Italian
lingue franche and Latin
linguae francae.]
1. Originally, a name for the mixed language, based on
ITALIAN and Occitan (Southern French), used for trading and military purposes in the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages. See
SABIR.
2. By extension, a semi-technical term for any additional (often compromise) language adopted by speakers of different languages, as a common medium of communication for any purposes and at any level. A lingua franca may be either a fullyfledged language (
LATIN in the Roman Empire, Hausa at the present time in West Africa), or a
PIDGIN or
CREOLE (
TOK PISIN in Papua New Guinea,
KRIO in Sierra Leone). A language may become somewhat reduced if it is widespread as a lingua franca (
SWAHILI in East Africa).
FRENCH served widely in Europe as the lingua franca of diplomacy in the 18–19c, and English now serves as a lingua franca in many countries with linguistically diverse populations (such as India and Nigeria) and for many purposes (as with the restricted variety
SEASPEAK, used by the world's merchant marine). See
BUSINESS ENGLISH,
LINGO,
LINK LANGUAGE,
POLARI.
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What we lost when Lingua Franca fell. (Magazines).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Columbia Journalism Review; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...I purchased my first copy of Lingua Franca: The Review of Academic Life...In short, it was a perfect Lingua Franca story: there was a powerful academic...Sherman was a contributing writer to Lingua Franca. He is now a contributing editor...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Lamentations, Poor Lingua Franca, An Orphan of the Academic Storm.(TheFrontPage)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 11/12/2001; 700+ words
; ...to be done. It was a wake for Lingua Franca, an informal farewell organized...investigation of ideas one can find in Lingua Franca." So I guess I did my part...foundation with the means to get Lingua Franca back in print to contact publisher...
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Lingua Franca, the Magazine of Naked Academia; It's Taken the Starch Out of Scholars and The Ivy Off the Walls
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/25/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...new magazine called Lingua Franca was going to be...and has sustained Lingua Franca (noun: hybrid...by leaving Lingua Franca for Mirabella) and...shoestring operation. Lingua Franca wants high...prevented Lingua Franca from assembling a...
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Brain in gear, tongue in cheek Lingua Franca, a journal of academia's fads and foibles, may be giving a wider audience ideas
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/3/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...to take over the editorship of Lingua Franca, an upstart magazine with a novel...a specific profession -- that Lingua Franca's editors hope is a winning one...always be its core readers, Lingua Franca also hopes to appeal to the academics...
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When Intellectuals Had a Real Magazine: Viva Lingua Franca!(Culture)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 4/24/2006; 700+ words
; ...at a now-dead magazine called Lingua Franca and has since-with the assistance of many talented Lingua Franca alumni, both writers and editors...the conflicts, the pushback. Lingua Franca writers and editors managed to...
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English now seems to be the language of international trade. Which was the first?(Quizzical)(Lingua Franca)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...its name to the term 'lingua franca'--a language spoken...The origin of Lingua Franca, which was based largely...Crusades as being Franks. Lingua Franca was used primarily...asked by traders in Lingua Franca when they met for the...
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It's not academic. (Lingua Franca's new design)
Magazine article from: Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Lingua Franca is not your typical ivory-tower journal...design of New York City-based Lingua Franca to reflect the wit and dynamism of editorial...industrial corporate thing that toughens up Lingua Franca and gives it an attitude," Ritter explains...
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SDL acquires Lingua Franca; Expands Arabic localization services with strategic acquisition.
M2 Presswire; 4/18/2005; 700+ words
; ...SDL INTERNATIONAL: SDL acquires Lingua Franca; Expands Arabic localization services...has acquired the business of Lingua Franca, a leading Arabic localization service...procedures and technologies at Lingua Franca, allowing more control over the...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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Who killed Lingua Franca?
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 11/11/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...FROM PRINTED VERSION The death of Lingua Franca, the magazine about intellectual...Letters Daily. Covering Lingua Franca's 10th birthday last year, The...to identify the backer. Lingua Franca is dead. But who killed it? And...
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Lingua franca, Making The Grade
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/11/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...response to a trial-balloon issue of Lingua franca, the independent-minded, idiosyncratic...to Altacruise's point. Lingua franca is full of intriguing windows on...academic pensions thicket or Lingua franca's regular listings of who's been...
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lingua franca
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
lingua franca , an auxiliary language...Chinook jargon, a lingua franca formerly used in the American...Arabic. The designation "Lingua Franca" [language of the...Kahane et al., The Lingua Franca in the Levant (1958...
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LINGUA FRANCA
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
LINGUA FRANCA. [The plural is usually lingua francas , but sometimes Italian lingue franche and Latin linguae francae .] 1. Originally, a...purposes and at any level. A lingua franca may be either a fullyfledged language...
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Lingua Franca
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Lingua Franca a mixture of Italian with French, Greek, Arabic, and Spanish, formerly used in the Levant; lingua franca now denotes a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers...
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TOK PISIN
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...pidgin . Names for the English-based LINGUA FRANCA of PAPUA NEW GUINEA (PNG), officially...during the 19c and used as a lingua franca between English-speaking Europeans...become the most important lingua franca for PNG and is now being acquired...
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pidgin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
pidgin , a lingua franca that is not the mother tongue of anyone using it and that has a simplified...often polyglot vocabulary. The earliest documented pidgin is the Lingua Franca (or Sabir) that developed among merchants and traders in the Mediterranean...
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