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How many languages do we really need? : the economics of linguistic diversity / / Victor Ginsburgh, Shlomo Weber



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Autore: Ginsburgh Victor Visualizza persona
Titolo: How many languages do we really need? : the economics of linguistic diversity / / Victor Ginsburgh, Shlomo Weber Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2011
Edizione: Course Book
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
Disciplina: 306.44
Soggetto topico: Language and languages
Soggetto non controllato: European Union
Eurovision Song Contest
Newton's law
communication indices
core language
cultural distance
culture
disenfranchisement indices
disenfranchisement
economic progress
efficiency
foreign language
fractionalization indices
genetics
global economy
group identity
individual identity
inter-country differences
international trade
language learning
language policy
language proficiency
language standardization
language
linguistic distance
linguistic diversity
linguistic policy
literary translation
migration
multilingual community
multilingualism
polarization indices
universal gravitation
voting behavior
Classificazione: ES 470
Altri autori: WeberShlomo  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. My Language IsMy Homeland -- 2. Linguistic Policies, Disenfranchisement, and Standardization -- 3. Linguistic, Genetic, and Cultural Distances: How Far Is Nostratic? -- 4. Distances Matter -- 5. Individual Communicative Benefits -- 6. Diversity and Disenfranchisement Indices -- 7. Diversity and Disenfranchisement: Applications -- 8. Multilingualism in the European Union: A Case Study in Linguistic Policy -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
Titolo autorizzato: How many languages do we really need  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-05179-6
9786613051790
1-4008-3890-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789851203321
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