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Meaning of almensprog | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. vernacular
    neuter
  2. lingua franca
    neuter, rare

Examples

“... (jf. fx hans teori om teksttyper og tekstgenrer eller den asymmetriske distinktion mellem fagsprog og almensprog), ...”

... (cf., for example, his theory on types and genres of text or the asymmetrical distinction between jargon and vernacular), ...

“Men almensproget udviser ikke samme demokratiske disciplin og selvcensur.”

But the vernacular does not show the same democratic discipline and self-censorship.

“Latinen har pà en vis Måde været sådant et Almensprog for de gejstlige, de lærde og de adelige i det vestlige Evropa og det i mange Hundredår efter at det var ophørt at tales som et levende Sprog; ...”

Latin has, in a sense, been such a common language for the clerics, the scholars and the nobles in Western Europe, and for many centures after it ceased to be spoken as a living language; ...

“Dreier henviser også til Rasmus Rask som en af pionererne for tanken om et kunstigt almensprog: ...”

Dreier also refers to Rasmus Rask as one of the pioneers of the idea of an artificial common language: ...

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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