The economic approach to minority languages  

Oleh:

Grin, Francois

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development vol. 11 no. 1-2 (1990), page 153-174.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/JMM/11 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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This paper begins with a brief survey of existing contributions about language by economists. The relevance of these contributions to the specific case of minority languages in Europe is then critically assessed. After defining what is meant here by 'minority language', the paper explains the fundamental economic reasoning on the basis of which minority language use can be modelled. A simple model of minority language use is developed, providing some results that can be of help in evaluating the efficiency of proposed language policies. The impact of subsidising minority language goods, of increasing wage rates in minority language areas, and of offering better exposure to the minority language are shown to yield ambiguous results unless some conditions are met; these conditions regard the sensitivity of minority language activities to certain prices and to the wage rate offered on the labour market. The model also suggests that pouring money into minority language areas will yield disappointing results unless there is a firm commitment to improve the image of the language.

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