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392<p style="font-size:105%;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica;color:#1e1c77;font-size:125%;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Sans-serif;font-size:125%;">lingua fran·ca <em> n.</em>,</span> </span> <span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica;color:#1e1c77;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Sans-serif;"><em>pl.</em> lingua fran·cas also linguae fran·cae. </span></span></p>
393<p style="font-size:95%;margin:2px;">1. A medium of communication between peoples of different languages.</p>
394<p style="font-size:95%;margin:2px;">2. A mixture of Italian with Provençal, French, Spanish, Arabic, Greek, and Turkish, formerly spoken on the eastern Mediterranean coast, mostly by merchants, until the 18th century</p>
395<p style="font-size:95%;margin:2px;"><strong>Origin</strong>: From Italian <em>lingua</em>, language + <em>franca</em>, Frankish<br />
396[language of the Franks].</p>
397<p style="font-size:95%;color:#1e1c77;margin:2px;">(The American Heritage Dictionary)</p>
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402<p><strong>Lingua Franca</strong> is the newsletter of the <a href="http://www.salemstate.edu/languages/">Department of World Languages &amp; Cultures</a> at <a href="http://www.salemstate.edu">Salem State University</a> in Salem, Massachusetts. It is published twice a year and it is meant for the whole Salem State University community, as well as the surrounding North Shore community, for anybody who is interested in languages and cultures.</p>
403<p>Lingua Franca has been published on paper since its inception in 2003. It has also always been available in PDF format online. Since Fall 2008 (issue 6.1) it is also available as a Web publication (&#8220;blog&#8221;).</p>
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406<ul>
407<li><a href="https://ssulinguafranca.org/2021/05/04/volume-18-fall-spring-2020-2021-contents/"><strong>Volume 18, Fall-Spring 2020-2021</strong> Coronavirus Edition II (no paper version)</a></li>
408<li><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2020/04/27/volume-17-fall-spring-2019-2020-contents/"><strong>
408Volume 17, Fall-Spring 2019-2020</strong> Coronavirus Edition (no paper version)</a></li>
409<li><strong><a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2019/04/24/volume-16-fall-spring-2018-2019-contents/">Volume 16, Fall-Spring 2018-2019</a></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca16-18-19.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
410<li><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/volume-15-issue-1-fall-2017-contents"><strong>Issue 15.1, Fall 2017</strong></a> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca151fall17.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
411<li><strong><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2017/04/28/volume-14-issue-2-spring-2017-contents/">Issue 14.2, Spring 2017</a></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca142spring17.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
412<li><strong><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/volume-14-issue-1-fall-2016-contents/">Issue 14.1, Fall 2016</a></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca141fall16.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
413<li><strong><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2016/04/28/volume-13-issue-2-spring-2016-contents">Issue 13.2, Spring 2016</a></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca132spring16.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
414<li><strong><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/volume-13-issue-1-fall-2015-contents/">Issue 13.1, Fall 2015</a></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca131fall15.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
415<li><strong><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/volume-12-issue-2-spring-2015-contents/">Issue 12.2, Spring 2015</a></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca122spring15.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
416<li><strong><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2014/11/24/volume-12-issue-1-fall-2014-contents/">Issue 12.1, Fall 2014</a></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca121fall14.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
417<li><strong><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/volume-11-issue-2-spring-2014-contents/">Issue 11.2, Spring 2014</a></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca112spring14.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
418<li><strong><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/volume-11-issue-1-fall-2013-contents/">Issue 11.1, Fall 2013</a></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca111fall13.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
419<li><strong><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/volume-10-issue-2-spring-2013-contents/">Issue 10.2, Spring 2013</a></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca102spring13.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
420<li><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/volume-10-issue-1-fall-2012-contents-2/"><strong>Issue 10.1, Fall 2012</strong></a> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca101fall12.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
421<li><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/volume-9-issue-2-spring-2012-contents/"><strong>Issue 9.2, Spring 2012</strong></a> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca092spring12.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
422<li><strong><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/volume-9-issue-1-fall-2011-contents/">Issue 9.1, Fall 2011</a></strong> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca091fall11.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
423<li><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/volume-8-issue-2-spring-2011-contents/"><strong>Issue 8.2, Spring 2011</strong></a> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca082spring11.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
424<li><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/volume-8-issue-1-fall-2010-contents/"><strong>Issue 8.1, Fall 2010</strong></a> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca081fall10.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
425<li><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/volume-7-issue-2-spring-2010-contents/"><strong>Issue 7.2, Spring 2010</strong></a> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca072spring10.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
426<li><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/volume-7-issue-1-fall-2009-contents/"><strong>Issue 7.1, Fall 2009</strong></a> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca071fall09.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
427<li><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/volume-6-issue-2-spring-2009-contents/"><strong>Issue 6.2, Spring 2009</strong></a> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca062spring09.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
428<li><a href="https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/volume-6-issue-1-fall-2008-contents"><strong>Issue 6.1, Fall 2008</strong></a> &#8211; <a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca061fall08.pdf">PDF Facsimile of the paper version</a></li>
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432<li><a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca052spring08.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vol. 5, Issue 2, Spring 2008</a> (4/28)</li>
433<li><a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca051fall07.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vol. 5, Issue 1, Fall 2007</a> (12/1)</li>
434<li><a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca042spring07.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vol. 4, Issue 2, Spring 2007</a> (4/30)</li>
435<li><a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca041fall06.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vol. 4, Issue 1, Fall 2006</a> (12/4)</li>
436<li><a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca032spring06.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring 2006</a> (5/01)</li>
437<li><a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca031fall05.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vol. 3, Issue 1, Fall 2005</a> (12/05)</li>
438<li><a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca022spring05.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vol. 2, Issue 2, Spring 2005</a> (5/05)</li>
439<li><a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca021fall04.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vol. 2, Issue 1, Fall 2004</a> (10/04)</li>
440<li><a href="http://w3.salemstate.edu/~jaske/linguafranca/linguafranca012spring04.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vol. 1, Issue 2, Spring 2004</a> (4/04)</li>
441<li><a href="lrc.salemstate.edu/linguafranca/linguafranca011fall03.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vol. 1, Issue 1, Fall 2003</a> (11/03)</li>
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