Brown, Josh 2024. Lingua francas as evidence of standard language ideology in historical perspective. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, ...

Instead a meta language, like the “lingua franca” proposed by UC Berkeley, could be the next step, building on and integrating existing programming languages, rather than building a new universal one.

It also explains why Euro-English, which is a very different beast to the language of Shakespeare, has emerged as the EU’s lingua franca. In 2022, the French EU presidency adopted similar ...

ELFA (English as a Lingua Franca in the Academia) investigates English as it is currently used by speakers with different mother tongues. It explores the practices, regularities, and patterns of ...

Like tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface, long-held assumptions are adjusting and giving way to a reimagined lingua franca for civic engagement. This revived language of liberation ...

Yet we have no research evidence on the determinants of effectiveness in academic rhetoric in a world that is permeated by English as a lingua franca, and a constant flow of cultural influences from a ...

ABUJA – The University of Abuja has taken the lead in promoting a regional lingua franca to foster unity, stability and economic growth in West Africa. The university’s focus is on the Guosa ...

English is spoken by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, but do the development of translation technology and "hybrid" languages threaten its status? Which country boasts the most English ...

My office hours are Wednesday 10-12, by appointment only. Please email me at least 48 hours in advance. Thank you! Avni is the proud recipient of a 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award at Concordia, ...

Benny Avni is the Foreign Editor of the Sun. Beyond decapitating Hezbollah’s leadership and eliminating its rocket arsenals, Israel is now zooming in on the terror ...

Ava DuVernay, Chloë Sevigny, Cailee Spaeny and Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch were among the luminaries who ...

A transwoman without legal documentation who is looking to establish residency in the US, develops a romantic relationship with the grandson of the elderly woman she provides care for.