Language competition
An Economic Theory of Language Learning and Production
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4178375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harald Wiese (0000-0002-7881-0308, Leipzig University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 2015 |
| Issue | 236 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ijsl-2015-0029 |
| OpenAlex | W2310037548 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article employs game theory to contribute to sociolinguistics (or the economics of language). From both the synchronic and the diachronic perspective, we are interested in the conditions (of language learning and literary production) that make some languages dominate others. Two results are particularly noteworthy: (i) Translations have an ambiguous effect on domination. (ii) We offer three different explanations of how a past language like Latin or Sanskrit can develop into a standard for literary production
Economics · Linguistics · Sanskrit · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Computer Science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |