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200 10$aHow many languages do we really need? $ethe economics of linguistic diversity /$fVictor Ginsburgh, Shlomo Weber
205   $aCourse Book
210   $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (247 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-691-13689-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. My Language IsMy Homeland --$t2. Linguistic Policies, Disenfranchisement, and Standardization --$t3. Linguistic, Genetic, and Cultural Distances: How Far Is Nostratic? --$t4. Distances Matter --$t5. Individual Communicative Benefits --$t6. Diversity and Disenfranchisement Indices --$t7. Diversity and Disenfranchisement: Applications --$t8. Multilingualism in the European Union: A Case Study in Linguistic Policy --$tConclusions --$tBibliography --$tIndex
330   $aIn the global economy, linguistic diversity influences economic and political development as well as public policies in positive and negative ways. It leads to financial costs, communication barriers, divisions in national unity, and, in some extreme cases, conflicts and war--but it also produces benefits related to group and individual identity. What are the specific advantages and disadvantages of linguistic diversity and how does it influence social and economic progress? This book examines linguistic diversity as a global social phenomenon and considers what degree of linguistic variety might result in the greatest economic good. Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber look at linguistic proximity between groups and between languages. They describe and use simple economic, linguistic, and statistical tools to measure diversity's impact on growth, development, trade, the quality of institutions, translation issues, voting patterns in multinational competitions, and the likelihood and intensity of civil conflicts. They address the choosing of core languages in a multilingual community, such as the European Union, and argue that although too many official languages might harm cohesiveness, efficiency, and communication, reducing their number brings about alienation and disenfranchisement of groups. Demonstrating that the value and drawbacks of linguistic diversity are universal, How Many Languages Do We Need? suggests ways for designing appropriate linguistic policies for today's multilingual world.
606   $aLanguage and languages
608   $aElectronic books.
610   $aEuropean Union.
610   $aEurovision Song Contest.
610   $aNewton's law.
610   $acommunication indices.
610   $acore language.
610   $acultural distance.
610   $aculture.
610   $adisenfranchisement indices.
610   $adisenfranchisement.
610   $aeconomic progress.
610   $aefficiency.
610   $aforeign language.
610   $afractionalization indices.
610   $agenetics.
610   $aglobal economy.
610   $agroup identity.
610   $aindividual identity.
610   $ainter-country differences.
610   $ainternational trade.
610   $alanguage learning.
610   $alanguage policy.
610   $alanguage proficiency.
610   $alanguage standardization.
610   $alanguage.
610   $alinguistic distance.
610   $alinguistic diversity.
610   $alinguistic policy.
610   $aliterary translation.
610   $amigration.
610   $amultilingual community.
610   $amultilingualism.
610   $apolarization indices.
610   $auniversal gravitation.
610   $avoting behavior.
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701   $aWeber$b Shlomo$0760575
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