'… this volume will be of interest to scholars of both linguistics and economics who seek to delve further into their complementary fields of research.' Farah Ali, LINGUIST List
1. Do linguists need economics and economists linguistics? Cécile B. Vigouroux and Salikoko S. Mufwene; 2. Economists do need linguists Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber; 3. The invisibility of linguistic diversity online: reflections on the political economy of digital communication Ana Deumert; 4. Evaluating language policy and planning: an introduction to the economics approach Michele Gazzola, François Grin and François Vaillancourt; 5. The economics of language diversity and language resilience in the Balkans Adam D. Clark-Joseph and Brian D. Joseph; 6. Determinants of bilingualism among children: an economic analysis Barry R. Chiswick and Marina Gindelsky; 7. Economy and language in Africa Paulin G. Djité; 8. The unequal exchange of texts in the world language system Abram de Swaan; 9. Language economics and language rights John Edwards.