Language diversity in urban landscapes: An econometric study

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This multidisciplinary study adopts econometric analysis for investigating how different characteristics determine the choice of the language used in the signs of a shopping street. We work with a dataset containing about 200 observations collected in the main shopping streets of the cities of Donostia (Spain) and Ljouwert (The Netherlands). The results corroborate the important assumption that multilingualism and the choice of the language (even in a street sign) is an individual and a social preference. Therefore, understanding individuals' linguistic preference structures is preliminary to the target and design of proper linguistic and social policies.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 2008,40

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Econometrics ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Household Analysis: General ; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
• Subject: Linguistic Diversity ; Street Sign ; Probit Model ; Linguistic Landscape ; Sprache ; Baskisch ; Spanisch ; Niederländisch ; Sprachpolitik ; Kultursoziologie ; Public Choice ; Schätzung ; Spanien ; Niederlande

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Onofri, Laura ; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D. ; Cenoz, Jasone ; Gortner, Durk
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (where): Milano
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/40657
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET