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Lingua Franca
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Abstract:
It is on the basis of function alone that a language is considered to be a lingua franca, by which term is designated any lingual medium of communication between people of different mother tongues, for whom it is a second language. Applicable to all situations where linguistic communication is difficult or impossible, it applies as well to areas characterized by extreme dialect differences as to those with different languages in the normal sense. Any form of language can be used with this purpose. Natural languages spoken beyond their native boundaries are the best known examples, but dialects have spread in the same manner. Examples of the latter are Fijian, based on the Bauan dialect, and Yawelmani, the latter used amongst speakers of Yokuts on the Tule River Reservation in California. Such languages of common intercourse become established informally, as in any instance of second-language acquisition, or formally in some context of education. In the latter case the languages are usually written, exemplified by Latin, a vital lingua franca up to the end of the Middle Ages, and Arabic throughout the Islamicized world to this very day. Writing as well as specialized function may also have been responsible for the longevity for Aramaic as a common medium of intercommunication in the Near East, from at least the 6th century B. C.
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Keyword:
lingua franca
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/70765
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