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• On the Conceptual History of the Term Lingua Franca 

  Brosch, Cyril (Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, 2015)

  This paper aims to give an outline of the development of the term “Lingua Franca”. Initially the proper name of an extinct pidgin, to “Lingua Franca”, the term has become a common noun, used with regard to language contact ...

• Identity construction in ELF contexts: a case study of Finnish engineering students working in Germany 

  Virkkula, Tiina; Nikula, Tarja (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)

  This paper explores connections between identity and language use in lingua franca contexts by investigating identity construction among Finnish users of English as revealed in interviews conducted both before and after a ...

• Linguistic Repertoires and Semiotic Resources in Interaction: A Finnish Manager as a Mediator in a Multilingual Meeting 

  Virkkula, Tiina (Sage, 2010)

  This article examines professional communication in a multilingual meeting in a small company in Finland within ethnographic, sociolinguistic, and discourse analytic frameworks. English is used as a lingua franca by a group ...

• Cultural Knowledge as a Resource in BELF Interactions : a Longitudinal Ethnographic Study of Two Managers in Global Business 

  Räisänen, Tiina (Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere dell'Università di Verona, 2019)

• ELF in the classroom : Finnish upper secondary school students' attitudes towards ELF 

  Jokilehto, Emmi (2014)

  Englannin kielen asema maailmalla on muuttunut merkittävästi viime vuosikymmenten aikana ja se on saavuttanut vahvan aseman kansainvälisenä kielenä. Se toimii myös yhä enenevissä määrin maailmanlaajuisena lingua francana ...