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English as an academic lingua franca [PDF]
Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 2010 In today’s world, the European Union is searching for a delicate balance between linguistic integration and diversity. Thanks to international knowledge transmission and exchange as well as co-operation and mobility beyond national boundaries, English has now become the preferred option for linguistic unity. It is a language that allows native speakers
Pamela Faber
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English as Lingua Franca [PDF]
Armenian Folia Anglistika, 2015 The article highlights English as Lingua Franca and emphasizes the importance of teaching Language for Special Purposes (LSP). The content of the notion “lingua-franca” is analysed on the basis of a number of linguistic works devoted to the English ...
Seda Gasparyan
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English as a lingua franca used at international meetings [PDF]
Journal of Language and Cultural Education, 2015 The paper deals with the use of English as a lingua franca. It concentrates on the environment of international meetings where English is used as a lingua franca. The aim of the research conducted through a survey of members of a NATO working group is to
Barančicová Jana, Zerzová Jana
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English: lingua franca or disenfranchising?
Fennia: International Journal of Geography, 2017 Conceiving academic publishing as a long-term process that often includes oral communication and knowledge exchange at academic conferences, this commentary offers a critical take on English as lingua franca.
Sara Fregonese
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The effects of linguistic distance and lingua franca proficiency on the stake taken by acquirers in cross-border acquisitions [PDF]
Journal of International Business Studies, 2015 We study the effects of linguistic distance and lingua franca proficiency on the equity stake taken by acquirers from 67 countries in 59,092 acquisition targets in 69 host countries. We theorize and find that acquirers take lower equity stakes in foreign
Gokhan Ertug
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English as a lingua franca: A threat to multilingualism? [PDF]
Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2003 Juliane House
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The use of English as a lingua franca in translation
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2016 In translation, not only two languages but two cultures come into contact which means that translators must consider who wrote the text, when, why, for whom and who is now reading it and for what purpose.
J. A. Foley, M. F. Deocampo
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Notes on English used as a lingua franca as an object of study [PDF]
Journal of English As A Lingua Franca, 2013 Janus Mortensen
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Strategic use and Perceptions of English as a Lingua Franca
Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, 2010 Alessia Cogo
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