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SUMMARY:W(h)ither Language Diversity? The Perspective of Linguanomics - Ga
 brielle Hogan-Brun\, University of Bristol
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CONTACT:Dr Oliver Mayeux
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*\n\nMost of our planet’s languages are threatened 
 to some degree. Under globalization\, the pressure of dominant languages o
 n less powerful ones is relentless\, resulting in depletion of our inherit
 ed linguascape. Yet around the world\, there is considerable resilience am
 ong speakers of marginalised languages in the face of the challenges they 
 face. \n\nIn this talk I adopt an economics perspective to examine prevail
 ing forces affecting the health of many languages around the world. Using 
 examples from history\, I will propose a revaluation of languages that rec
 ognises both their cultural and economic capital in discussing possible me
 ans of sustaining language diversity. \n\n*Speaker biography*\n\n*Gabriell
 e Hogan-Brun* is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. A Sa
 lzburg Global Fellow\, she has worked with various European organizations 
 on aspects of language policy in multilingual settings and serves on sever
 al international language and editorial boards. She is founding book serie
 s editor of _Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities_. Her 
 most recent publications are _Linguanomics. What is the Market Potential o
 f Multilingualism?_ (Bloomsbury Academic\, 2017)\, and _The Palgrave Handb
 ook of Minority Languages and Communities_\,  (ed. with B. O'Rourke\, Pal
 grave Macmillan\, December 2018). 
LOCATION:Faculty of English\, Room GR-06/07
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