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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I Linguistic Diversity: Origins and Measurement; 1 Linguistic Theory, Linguistic Diversity and Whorfian Economics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Abstract linguistic form, and the rules and conditions which govern it; 1.3 Linguistic diversity: An illustrative comparison between two languages; 1.4 Theories of linguistic diversity; 1.5 Whorfian psychology and economics: Causal relations between language and thought; 1.6 Non-Whorfian proposals that language influences thought
1.7 Conclusion2 Dynamic Models of Language Evolution: The Linguistic Perspective; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Language diversity; 2.3 Language change; 2.4 Dynamic models of language; 2.5 Conclusion; 3 Dynamic Models of Language Evolution: The Economic Perspective; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 How economic forces can influence language dynamics; 3.3 Feedback mechanisms; 3.4 Economic models of language learning and language use; 3.5 Dynamic economic models of language use; 3.6 Conclusion; 4 What Do We Learn from Neurolinguistics?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Terms, definitions and research areas
4.3 Brain and language4.4 Evolution of brain and language relationships; 4.5 Development of brain and language relationships in childhood; 4.6 The neurolinguistics of bilingualism; 4.7 Conclusion; 5 Linguistic Distances and Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization and Disenfranchisement Indices; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Languages, dialects and trade languages; 5.3 Distances between languages; 5.4 The effects of linguistic distances on economic outcomes; 5.5 Linguistic distances between groups; 5.6 Fractionalization and disenfranchisement indices; 6 Ancestry, Language and Culture; 6.1 Introduction
6.2 Ancestry6.3 Culture; 6.4 Ancestry and culture: A simple conceptual framework; 6.5 Ancestry and culture: Empirical evidence; 6.6 Conclusion; 7 Language Learning and Communicative Benefits; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Communicative benefits; 7.3 Efficiency; 7.4 Efficient choices of official languages; 7.5 Conclusion; 8 Language and Emotion; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Emotions and the polyglot; 8.3 Choosing languages within language communities; 8.4 'Colonized' writers; 8.5 Migrating writers; 8.6 Between languages: Nabokov, Green and Tabucchi
8.7 'Denying' the language in which they wrote: Kafka and Derrida8.8 Conclusion; Part II Languages and Markets; 9 Common Spoken Languages and International Trade; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Common native and spoken languages around the globe and their measures; 9.3 A trade economist's stylized view on languages; 9.4 Empirical results; 9.5 Conclusion; 10 Economic Exchange and Business Language in the Ancient World: An Exploratory Review; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Language considerations; 10.3 Context of trade and antiquity; 10.4 The written word
1.7 Conclusion2 Dynamic Models of Language Evolution: The Linguistic Perspective; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Language diversity; 2.3 Language change; 2.4 Dynamic models of language; 2.5 Conclusion; 3 Dynamic Models of Language Evolution: The Economic Perspective; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 How economic forces can influence language dynamics; 3.3 Feedback mechanisms; 3.4 Economic models of language learning and language use; 3.5 Dynamic economic models of language use; 3.6 Conclusion; 4 What Do We Learn from Neurolinguistics?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Terms, definitions and research areas
4.3 Brain and language4.4 Evolution of brain and language relationships; 4.5 Development of brain and language relationships in childhood; 4.6 The neurolinguistics of bilingualism; 4.7 Conclusion; 5 Linguistic Distances and Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization and Disenfranchisement Indices; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Languages, dialects and trade languages; 5.3 Distances between languages; 5.4 The effects of linguistic distances on economic outcomes; 5.5 Linguistic distances between groups; 5.6 Fractionalization and disenfranchisement indices; 6 Ancestry, Language and Culture; 6.1 Introduction
6.2 Ancestry6.3 Culture; 6.4 Ancestry and culture: A simple conceptual framework; 6.5 Ancestry and culture: Empirical evidence; 6.6 Conclusion; 7 Language Learning and Communicative Benefits; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Communicative benefits; 7.3 Efficiency; 7.4 Efficient choices of official languages; 7.5 Conclusion; 8 Language and Emotion; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Emotions and the polyglot; 8.3 Choosing languages within language communities; 8.4 'Colonized' writers; 8.5 Migrating writers; 8.6 Between languages: Nabokov, Green and Tabucchi
8.7 'Denying' the language in which they wrote: Kafka and Derrida8.8 Conclusion; Part II Languages and Markets; 9 Common Spoken Languages and International Trade; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Common native and spoken languages around the globe and their measures; 9.3 A trade economist's stylized view on languages; 9.4 Empirical results; 9.5 Conclusion; 10 Economic Exchange and Business Language in the Ancient World: An Exploratory Review; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Language considerations; 10.3 Context of trade and antiquity; 10.4 The written word