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How Many Languages Do We Need? : The Economics of Linguistic Diversity /
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 be...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Cover; Title; Title; Copyright; Copyright; Contents; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Introduction; 1 My Language is My Homeland; 1 My Language is My Homeland; 2 Linguistic Policies, Disenfranchisement, and Standardization; 2 Linguistic Policies, Disenfranchisement, and Standardization; 3 Linguistic, Genetic, and Cultural Distances: How Far Is Nostratic?; 3 Linguistic, Genetic, and Cultural Distances: How Far Is Nostratic?; 4 Distances Matter; 4 Distances Matter; 5 Individual Communicative Benefits; 5 Individual Communicative Benefits.
- 6 Diversity and Disenfranchisement Indices6 Diversity and Disenfranchisement Indices; 7 Diversity and Disenfranchisement: Applications; 7 Diversity and Disenfranchisement: Applications; 8 Multilingualism in the European Union: A Case Study in Linguistic Policy; 8 Multilingualism in the European Union: A Case Study in Linguistic Policy; Conclusions; Conclusions; Bibliography; Bibliography; Index; Index.