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245 10 $aWords of the world :$bthe global language system /$cAbram de Swaan.
260 $aCambridge, UK ;$aMalden, MA :$bPolity,$c2001.
300 $axi, 253 pages ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-243) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: the global language system -- The political economy of language constellations -- Language, culture and the unequal exchange of texts -- India: the rivalry between Hindi and English -- The triumph of bahasa in Indonesia -- Africa: the persistence of the colonial languages -- South Africa: the survival of the old language regime -- The European Union: the more languages, the more English -- Conclusions and considerations.
520 1 $aThis study of human languages and communication explores issues which are at the forefront of today's globalized society. The human species is divided into more than five thousand language groups that do not understand each other. And yet these groups constitute one coherent world language system, connected by multilingual speakers in a surprisingly powerful way. The chances of a language thriving depend on its position in the system. There are thousands of small, peripheral languages, each connected to one of a hundred central languages. The entire system is held together by one global language: English. A language is a 'hypercollective' good: the more speakers it has, the higher its communication value for each one of them. Thus, when people think that a language is gaining new speakers, that in itself is a reason for them to want to learn it too. That is why, in an age of globalization, only a few languages remain for transnational communication and these often prevail even in national societies. This book discusses a number of specific constellations in detail: India, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa and the European Union. De Swaan concludes by providing a sober but illuminating view of language policy in multilingual societies. [publisher].
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653 $aLenguas y lenguajes$aFilosofía.
653 $aPolítica lingüística.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aSwaan, A. de.$tWords of the world.$dCambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2001$w(OCoLC)606643315
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