Linguistic Diversity and Preferences: Econometric Evidence from European Cities

Laura Onofri, Paulo Nunes (), Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter

Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 2013, vol. 56, issue 1, 39-60

Abstract: This multidisciplinary study adopts an econometric analysis for investigating how different characteristics determine the choice of the language used in the signs of a shopping street in two selected minority language cities. We use 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 linguistic landscape, multilingualism and the choice of the language (even in a street sign) is an individual and a social preference. Understanding linguistic preferences’ structures is preliminary to the target and design of proper linguistic and social policies.

Keywords: Linguistic diversity; street sign; probit model; linguistic landscape; minority language. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C01 R20 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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