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lingua franca

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lingua franca

It implies a common, or standard, language. The term is used in the information industry to refer to the most-widely used format, protocol or command language for a particular purpose. Its actual meaning is "Frankish language," which is spoken in various Mediterranean ports and is a combination of Italian, Spanish, French, Greek, Arabic and Turkish. Its original meaning also implies a hybrid or mixture of languages.
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a standard UK or US variant of English--depending on the target audience, even though especially audio and video material with an English lingua franca approach would offer opportunities for learning in different types of authentic settings.
Malimas explained that she and fellow producers, Sandoval, Jhett Tolentino and Carlo Velayo, have aimed for 'Lingua Franca' to premiere at the Venice Days because 'it is one of the world's most prestigious festivals.
Though the language was lingua franca it was facing many challenges, she said.
Lingua Franca is not a product of legislation but a natural response and result for the need for communication.
Words like "co-operation" and "common front" are part of the new lingua franca of Northern Ontario.
Eyal Press, a former contributing editor at Lingua Franca who's written for The Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times and other publications, has been contributing to The Nation since 1994.
Requirements are, therefore, the lingua franca that operators and developers use to establish a common understanding of the operators' needs and the developers' intentions.
Instead, these radicals or rebels, as they like to call themselves, propose a different explanation according to which (if I have understood it correctly) the Uralic languages originate in a lingua franca, i.e.
By basing information on a binary lingua franca, it's now possible to sift through masses of data to find just what you need."
Since the Second World War, English has emerged as the world's lingua franca. For all practical purposes, individuals wishing to be players on the world stage must have a mastery of the English language.
In a February 2001 interview with Lingua Franca magazine about the neoconservative movement, Buckley was asked what his politics would be like if he were "an enfant terrible graduating from college in 2000." "I'd be a socialist," replied Buckley.
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