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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.

Language and languages. --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Sociolinguistics. --- Language and languages --- Characterology of speech --- Language diversity --- Language subsystems --- Language variation --- Linguistic diversity --- Variation in language --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Economic aspects. --- Variation. --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Sociolinguistics --- Variation --- Economic aspects --- E-books --- 202 --- 8 --- AA / International- internationaal --- 800 --- 800 Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek --- Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek --- Filologie. Letterkunde. --- Philologie. Littérature. --- Philology. Literature. --- 8 Filologie. Letterkunde. --- 8 Philologie. Littérature. --- 8 Philology. Literature. --- Sociale organisatie --- Filologie. Letterkunde --- 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. --- Variation (Linguistique) --- Langage et langues --- Sociolinguistique --- Aspect économique --- Economic order --- LINGUISTIC POLICIES -- 301.188.2 --- Language and languages Economic aspects --- Language and languages - Variation --- Language and languages - Economic aspects