An Approach to the Lingua Franca of the Mediterranean
@inproceedings{Daz2008AnAT, title={An Approach to the Lingua Franca of the Mediterranean}, author={Eva Mart{\'i}nez D{\'i}az}, year={2008} }
There are certain languages that have been created as a result of the difficulty of communication between people who speak distinct languages but have common interests. Faced with this linguistic situation, the speakers are capable of creating a specific language for these contexts in which there is a community of interests; this common communication system is known as the lingua franca. The aim of these pages is to analyse the lingua franca created on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea from…
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