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Autore |
Grin Francois. |
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Titolo |
The economics of the multilingual workplace / / Francois Grin, Claudio Sfreddo and Francois Vaillancourt |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-97829-1 |
1-282-62970-0 |
9786612629709 |
0-203-85267-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (242 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; ; 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SfreddoClaudio |
VaillancourtFrancois |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Multilingualism - Economic aspects |
Diversity in the workplace |
Sociolinguistics |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Economic Perspective on Multilingualism; 1 Language at Work: Identifying the Issue; 2 On the Linguistics of the Economy v. the Economics of Language; 3 A Gallery of Empirical Findings; 4 Foreign Language Skills and Earnings; Part II: Foreign Language Skills, Foreign Language Use, and Production; 5 Language Use and the Production Process; 6 From Theory to Measurement; 7 The Contribution of Multilingualism to Value Creation; 8 Foreign Language Skills and Hiring Strategies |
Part III: Policy Implications and Future Prospects9 Policy Implications; 10 Multilingualism at Work: A Prospective Glance; Appendix I: Language-Augmented Production Model; Appendix II: Estimation Procedure and Results; Appendix III: A Simple Recruitment Model; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book proposes a path-breaking study of the economics of multilingualism at work, proposing a systematic approach to the |
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