How many languages do we need? : the economics of linguistic diversity /
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- My Language Is My Homeland
- Linguistic Policies, Disenfranchisement, and Standardization
- Linguistic Diversity: A Brief Look at the Past
- Linguistic Standardization: Roots, Benefits, and Some Examples
- Some Painful Aspects of Standardization
- How Many Languages: Is More the Merrier, or Is Small Beautiful?
- Linguistic, Genetic, and Cultural Distances: How Far Is Nostratic?
- Languages and Dialects
- Distances between Languages
- Distances between Groups
- Distances Matter
- International Trade
- Migrations
- Literary Translations
- Eurovision Song Contest: Is Voting Political or Cultural?
- Individual Communicative Benefits
- Modeling Language Learning
- Demand Functions for Languages
- Private Returns on Languages
- Diversity and Disenfranchisement Indices
- Fractionalization and Polarization Indices
- Disenfranchisement Indices
- Links between Fractionalization, Disenfranchisement, and Communication Indices
- Appendix: Numerical Calculation of the Various Disenfranchisement Indices
- Diversity and Disenfranchisement: Applications
- Fractionalization and Polarization Indices
- Disenfranchisement Indices: The Example of the EU
- Multilingualism in the European Union: A Case Study in Linguistic Policy
- Twenty-three Languages, and More to Come
- Possible Solutions.