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Proficiency, Attitude, and Conventions in Minority Languages

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  • Annick Laruelle
  • Noemí Navarro
  • Ramón Escobedo

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In this article, we study a simple mathematical model of a bilingual community in which all agents are fluent in the majority language but only a fraction of the population has some degree of proficiency in the minority language. We investigate how different distributions of proficiency, combined with the speakers’ attitudes toward or against the minority language, may influence its use in pair conversations.

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  • Annick Laruelle & Noemí Navarro & Ramón Escobedo, 2019. "Proficiency, Attitude, and Conventions in Minority Languages," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 48(2), pages 350-368, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:somere:v:48:y:2019:i:2:p:350-368
    DOI: 10.1177/0049124116672679
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    1. Michael Boissonneault & Paul Vogt, 2021. "A systematic and interdisciplinary review of mathematical models of language competition," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 8(1), pages 1-12, December.

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    Keywords

    social choice; bilingualism; minority languages; linguistics; mathematical model;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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