LINK LANGUAGE
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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LINK LANGUAGE. A semi-technical term for a language that allows communication between groups with no other common language: for example,
HINDI in India,
SWAHILI in East Africa. It may or may not be seen as neutral in relation to other languages used in a particular place. English serves as a link language in most of Africa and Asia: ‘English is needed as a link language between the Indian states, and between the union government and the states’ ( Nayantara Sahgal,
South, Aug. 1985). Compare
LINGUA FRANCA.
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Etna Township, Ohio, corporate park finally takes shape.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/11/2004; 700+ words
; ...grain bins nearby. On these 400 acres in Etna Township, they've stopped growing corn...bought the land in 1999 and developed Etna Corporate Park. It took three years before...they've begun to turn the corner," Etna Township Trustee Gary Burkholder said...
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Sicily's Beloved Beast of Fire; Mount Etna Instills Pride in Its Forgiving Neighbors
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/4/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...by this latest spectacular eruption of Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, a message...expressed the peculiar sentiments of local people: "Etna, We Still Love You." For two weeks, Etna has alarmed Sicily and all of Italy with a display...
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 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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SICILY'S SIMMERING SUMMIT: A VISIT TO THE TOP OF MOUNT ETNA INTENSIFIES FEELINGS FOR THE VOLCANO.(Travel & Leisure)(Profile\Mount Etna )
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 3/28/1999; ; 700+ words
; The love affair with Mount Etna began casually, over a newspaper and...passing appreciation: very pretty. Etna got a longer look when I visited the...down with my coffee, I realized that Etna seemed to take up almost the entire horizon...
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Etna Resources Inc. Announces Acquisition of Rights in Additional Lithium Salar.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 9/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...COLUMBIA, Sep 22, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Etna Resources Inc. ("Etna") (TSX VENTURE:ETN) is pleased to announce that...sediments. Upon the closing of the transaction, Etna will obtain interests in a total of nine Lithium salars...
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ETNA project gets go-ahead [Ethos Networks].
Magazine article from: Total Telecom Online; 5/28/2008; 700+ words
; ...Ethos Networks - Israel, 28 May 2008: The ETNA European consortium (Ethernet Transport...European Commission to execute the proposed ETNA project which will analyse, design and...based on Ethernet technology. The goal of ETNA is to propose a model architecture for...
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Etna roars again, and tourists flock to see nature at its most lethal
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/27/2001; ; 700+ words
; MOUNT ETNA roared back into life again yesterday, spewing...mountain towns drew up evacuation plans, Etna's magnetism drew disaster tourists. Warning...after being hit by rocks spat from one of Etna's fractures this week. Michele Iudice...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Obituary: Etna Margaret Richins Weston
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 2/13/2005; 541 words
; Etna Margaret Richins Weston 1916 ~ 2005 Etna left the gray mists of Alzheimer's behind reaching upward for...brightness of eternity on February 10, 2005, in Bountiful, Utah. Etna was surrounded by her family who cherished her, especially her...
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The Mountain Is Rumbling.(Mount Etna)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Newsweek International; 5/14/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...protectress against an eruption of Mount Etna. All the while, the mountain looms overhead...mean much to the hundreds of villages on Etna's slopes and foothills. But taken together...to deliver a whopper. The prospect of Etna's blowing its stack has got scientists...
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Etna man killed, wife injured in I-95 rollover
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 7/12/2003; ; 536 words
; ETNA - An unidentified Etna man died Friday night when the car he was driving went off the road...was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center with serious injuries, Etna Fire Chief Walter Gibbons said. The car, which was headed north at...
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Lack of fire department concerns residents of Etna
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 10/18/2007; ; 700+ words
; ETNA - The recent decision to temporarily shut...asked if the town could be found liable if an Etna home is destroyed by fire during the two...volunteer departments or fire associations, Etna firefighters are not required to raise funds...
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Etna
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Etna or Aetna , volcano, 10,958 ft (3,340 m) high, on the east coast of Sicily...destructive; the most recent major eruption occurred in 1992. The wide base of Mt. Etna, c.93 mi (150 km) in circumference, is encircled by a railroad. The fertile...
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etna
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
etna vessel for heating liquid. XIX. f. the name of the volcano Etna in Sicily.
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Empedocles on Etna
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Empedocles on Etna, a dramatic poem by M. Arnold , published anonymously 1852. Arnold portrays...Empedocles , who committed suicide by throwing himself into the crater of Etna, on the verge of his last act. Empedocles expresses his intellectual...
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Etna, Mount
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Etna, Mount a volcano in eastern Sicily, which is the highest and most active volcano in Europe; it was traditionally said to be Vulcan's workshop, and in classical times eruptions were also explained as the struggles of giants imprisoned by Zeus beneath the mountain.
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Michallon, Achille-Etna
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
Michallon, Achille-Etna (1796–1822). French landscape painter, the first artist to win the Prix de Rome in the historical landscape category...
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