LEADER 04167nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910968318903321 005 20220415032936.0 010 $a9786613051790 010 $a9781283051798 010 $a1283051796 010 $a9781400838905 010 $a1400838908 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400838905 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079366 035 $a(EBL)670340 035 $a(OCoLC)715191162 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000518372 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11370289 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000518372 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10493966 035 $a(PQKB)11320964 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000514990 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36958 035 $a(DE-B1597)446765 035 $a(OCoLC)979910880 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400838905 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL670340 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10456318 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL305179 035 $a(PPN)187270163 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC670340 035 $a(Perlego)735121 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88811612 035 $a(FRCYB88811612)88811612 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079366 100 $a20101216d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$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 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780691136899 311 08$a0691136890 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$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 $aLanguage and languages 615 0$aLanguage and languages. 676 $a306.44 686 $aES 470$2rvk 700 $aGinsburgh$b Victor$0118355 701 $aWeber$b Shlomo$0760575 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968318903321 996 $aHow many languages do we really need$94337318 997 $aUNINA