Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0  
Author-Name: Juan Carlos Jiménez Redondo 
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales /ICEI)
Title: La Economía de la lengua: una visión de conjunto
Abstract: These pages aim to give a global vision of the current situation of the so called “Economics of
	language” literature. They start over with a description of main characteristics and a first definition
	of what it is correctly understood as “Economics of language”. Later on, we thoroughly
	analyse some of the key research lines through with the economic analysis has shown interest
	for languages, for its double nature as both public and private good, for its intangible condition,
	and above all for the consideration of “network externalities” related to its use, reaching
	thus, several economic approaches and some aspects of the interrelation between languages
	and Economics, which deserve here a special attention. Finally, and before a conclusion, we
	point out how the progress of this literature is yet limited in Spain, despite the high value
	given to the Spanish as international language.
Keywords: linguistic community, economic effects, transaction costs, economic operations, cultural industries
Creation-Date: 2006
Length: 28 pages 
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