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The Economics of Language - Couverture rigide

 
9781840648027: The Economics of Language
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1840648023 ISBN 13 : 9781840648027
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

The economics of language remains neglected territory. Language makes information operational. As a social technology, it is a resource of the symbolic species - some argue it defines the human species. Language affects ability to find employment; cultural identity, effective communication in business, international trade, and tourism; negotiations and settlement procedures; political activity; and conflict within and between nations.

Donald Lamberton, a leading scholar in the field, has selected key papers which address issues such as why some languages survive and others do not, the importance of language to the operation of a world-wide business, the problem of the language divide in economic development and the future of new language technologies such as telephone interpreting services, the internet and talking machines.

This authoritative collection of papers contributes, in the words of Jacob Marschak, to 'the essential stuff of economics, in particular the economics of uncertainty that characterizes problems of human information, communication and organization'.

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À propos de l'auteur

Edited by the late Donald M. Lamberton, formerly Griffith University, Australia

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1840648023
ISBN 13 
9781840648027
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
368
Éditeur
Lamberton Donald M.
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Personne responsable
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