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V. Ginsburgh

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The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language

&lt;p&gt;Table of contents&lt;br&gt;List of Figures&lt;br&gt;List of Tables&lt;br&gt;Notes on Contributors&lt;br&gt;Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber, Introduction&lt;br&gt;Part I. Linguistic Diversity: Origins and Measurement&lt;br&gt;Chapter 1. Nigel Fabb, Linguistic Theory, Linguistic Diversity and Whorfian Economics&lt;br&gt;1.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;1.2 Abstract linguistic form, and the rules and conditions which govern it&lt;br&gt;1.3 Linguistic diversity: An illustrative comparison between two languages&lt;br&gt;1.4 Theories of linguistic diversity&lt;br&gt;1.5 Whorfian psychology and economics: Causal relations between language and thought&lt;br&gt;1.6 Non-whorfian proposals that language influences thought&lt;br&gt;1.7 Conclusion&lt;br&gt;1.8 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 2. Andrew Smith, Dynamic Models of Language Evolution. The Linguistic Perpective&lt;br&gt;2.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;2.2 Language diversity&lt;br&gt;2.3 Language change&lt;br&gt;2.4 Dynamic models of language&lt;br&gt;2.5 Conclusion&lt;br&gt;2.6 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 3. Andrew John, Dynamic Models of Language Evolution. The Economic Perspective&lt;br&gt;3.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;3.2 How economic forces can influence language dynamics&lt;br&gt;3.3 Conclusion&lt;br&gt;3.4 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 4. Mark Leikin, What Do We Learn from Neurolinguistics?&lt;br&gt;4.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;4.2 Terms, definitions and research areas&lt;br&gt;4.3 Brain and language&lt;br&gt;4.4 Evolution of brain and language relationships&lt;br&gt;4.5 Development of brain and language relationships in childhood&lt;br&gt;4.6 The neurolinguistics of bilingualism&lt;br&gt;4.7 Conclusions&lt;br&gt;4.8 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 5. Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber, Linguistic Distances and Ethno-linguistic Fractionalisation and Disenfranchisement Indices&lt;br&gt;5.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;5.2 Languages, dialects and trade languages&lt;br&gt;5.3 Distances between languages&lt;br&gt;5.4 The effect of linguistic distances on economic outcomes&lt;br&gt;5.5 Linguistic distances between groups&lt;br&gt;5.6 Fractionalization and disenfranchisement indices&lt;br&gt;5.7 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 6. Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg, Ancestry, Language and Culture&lt;br&gt;6.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;6.2 Ancestry&lt;br&gt;6.3 Culture&lt;br&gt;6.4 Ancestry and culture: A simple conceptual framework&lt;br&gt;6.5 Ancestry and culture: Empirical evidence&lt;br&gt;6.6 Conclusion&lt;br&gt;6.7 References&lt;br&gt;Appendix: Derivations of the results in Section 6.4&lt;br&gt;Chapter 7. Efthymios Athanasiou, Juan Moreno-Ternero and Shlomo Weber, Language Learning and Communicative Benefits&lt;br&gt;7.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;7.2 Communicative benefits&lt;br&gt;7.3 Efficiency&lt;br&gt;7.4 Efficient choices of official languages&lt;br&gt;7.5 Conclusion&lt;br&gt;7.6 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 8. Niall Bond and Victor Ginsburgh, Language and Emotion&lt;br&gt;8.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;8.2 Emotions and the polyglot&lt;br&gt;8.3 Choosing languages within language communities&lt;br&gt;8.4 'Colonized' writers&lt;br&gt;8.5 Migrating writers&lt;br&gt;8.6 Between languages: Nabokov, Green and Tabucchi&lt;br&gt;8.7 'Denying' the language in which they wrote: Kafka and Derrida&lt;br&gt;8.8 Concluding remarks&lt;br&gt;Part II. Languages and Markets&lt;br&gt;Chapter 9. Peter Egger, and Farid Toubal, Common Spoken Languages and International Trade&lt;br&gt;9.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;9.2 Common native and spoken languages on the globe and their measures&lt;br&gt;9.3 A trade economists stylized view on languages&lt;br&gt;9.4 Empirical results&lt;br&gt;9.5 Conclusions&lt;br&gt;9.6 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 10. Nigel Holden, Economic Exchange and Business Language in the Ancient World. An Exploratory Review&lt;br&gt;10.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;10.2 Language considerations&lt;br&gt;10.3 Context of trade and antiquity&lt;br&gt;10.4 The written word&lt;br&gt;10.5 The spoken language of business in the Ancient World&lt;br&gt;10.6 Commercial terms in various languages of the Ancient World&lt;br&gt;10.7 The businessman as unsavoury personage in Greek and Latin literature&lt;br&gt;10.8 Latin: Not just a lingua franca&lt;br&gt;10.9 Conclusions&lt;br&gt;10.10 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 11. Susanne Tietze, Nigel Hoden and Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen, Language Use in Multinational Corporations. Towards a Topography of Languages, Special Languages and Corporate Sociolects&lt;br&gt;11.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;11.2 Cities and the MNC&lt;br&gt;11.3 Research on languageaspects of the MNC: A pragmatic perspective&lt;br&gt;11.4 Linguascapes, pragmatic spaces and the topography of language&lt;br&gt;11.5 Discussion&lt;br&gt;11.6 Conclusion&lt;br&gt;11.7 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 12. Alicia Adsera and Mariola Pyltikova, Language and Migration&lt;br&gt;12.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;12.2 The role of language in migration decisions&lt;br&gt;12.3 Language proficiency among migrants&lt;br&gt;12.4 Language and the returns to human capital&lt;br&gt;12.5 Language and migrants socioeconomic assimilation&lt;br&gt;12.6 Conclusions&lt;br&gt;12.7 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 13. Johan Heilbron and Gis`ele Sapiro, Translation: Economic and Sociological Perspectives&lt;br&gt;13.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;13.2 International translation flows and the global market of translations&lt;br&gt;13.3 Political, economic and cultural factors&lt;br&gt;13.4 Selection, import and reception patterns&lt;br&gt;13.5 Conclusions&lt;br&gt;13.6 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 14. Dietmar Harhoff, Karin Hoisl, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie and Charlotte Vandeput, Languages, Fees and the International Scopeof Patenting&lt;br&gt;14.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;14.2 Institutional background and hypotheses&lt;br&gt;14.3 Data and econometric modeling&lt;br&gt;14.4 Empirical implementation and results&lt;br&gt;14.5 Concluding remarks&lt;br&gt;14.6 References&lt;br&gt;Part III. Linguistic Policies and Economic Development&lt;br&gt;Chapter 15. Klaus Desmet, Ignacio Ortu˜no-Ort´?n and Romain Wacziarg, Linguistic Cleavages and Economic Development&lt;br&gt;15.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;15.2 A phylogenetic approach to linguistic diversity&lt;br&gt;15.3 Linguistic diversity, redistribution and economic growth&lt;br&gt;15.4 Linguistic diversity and economic development&lt;br&gt;15.5 Conclusion&lt;br&gt;15.6 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 16. Sue Wright, Language Choices: Political and Economic Factors in Three European States&lt;br&gt;16.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;16.2 Nation building&lt;br&gt;16.3 Language, advantage and group membership&lt;br&gt;16.4 Conclusion: The role of elites&lt;br&gt;16.5 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 17. Selma Sonntag, Languages, Regional Conflicts and Economic Development in South Asia&lt;br&gt;17.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;17.2 India&lt;br&gt;17.3 Sri Lanka&lt;br&gt;17.4 Nepal&lt;br&gt;17.5 Pakistan&lt;br&gt;17.6 Conclusion&lt;br&gt;17.7 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 18. Brandon de la Cuesta and Leonard Wantchekon, Is Language Destiny? The Origins and Consequences of Ethnolinguistic Diversity in sub-Saharan Africa&lt;br&gt;18.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;18.2 Why does Africa have such high levels of linguistic diversity?&lt;br&gt;18.3 The economic and political effects of linguistic diversity&lt;br&gt;18.4 Conclusion&lt;br&gt;18.5 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 19. Denis Kadochnikov, Languages, Regional Conflicts and Economic Development: Russia&lt;br&gt;19.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;19.2 The standardization of the Russian language in the late medieval Russia (16-17th centuries)&lt;br&gt;19.3 Language policy in the context of the reforms of Peter the Great and his successors (18th century)&lt;br&gt;19.4 The role of foreign languages in Russia of the late 18th early 19th centuries&lt;br&gt;19.5 Language policy in the context of the territorial expansion of the Russian Empire (17-19th centuries)&lt;br&gt;19.6 Language and politics in the late imperial Russia&lt;br&gt;19.7 The Socialist Revolution of 1917 and the early Soviet language policy (1920-1930s)&lt;br&gt;19.8 Late Soviet language policy (1930-1980s)&lt;br&gt;19.9 Russian and other languages of the Russian Federation in the post-Soviet period&lt;br&gt;19.10 Summary: socio-economic and political factors and implications of language policy in Russia in historical perspective&lt;br&gt;19.11 References&lt;br&gt;Part IV. Globalisation and Minority Languages&lt;br&gt;Chapter 20. Jacques Melitz, English as a Global Language&lt;br&gt;20.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;20.2 The status of English as a global language&lt;br&gt;20.3 Areas where English faces sharp limits&lt;br&gt;20.4 Language learning&lt;br&gt;20.5 Welfare implications&lt;br&gt;20.6 References&lt;br&gt;Chapter 21. François Grin, Challenges of Minority Languages&lt;br&gt;21.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;21.2 What is a minority language?&lt;br&gt;21.3 The economics of minority language protection and promotion&lt;br&gt;21.4 Capacity, opportunity and desire: an overview of the basic model&lt;br&gt;21.5 Conditions for effective policies&lt;br&gt;21.6 Guidelines for language policy&lt;br&gt;21.7 The costs and net value of minority language policies&lt;br&gt;21.8 About contingent and absolute multilingualism&lt;br&gt;21.9 Concluding remarks&lt;br&gt;21.10 References&lt;br&gt;Appendix Minority languages in a strict sense: selected examples&lt;br&gt;Chapter 22. Bengt-ArneWickstr¨om, Language Rights: A Welfare-economics Approach&lt;br&gt;22.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;22.2 Basic model&lt;br&gt;22.3 Modifications due to endogenous preferences&lt;br&gt;22.4 Modifications due to redistribution&lt;br&gt;22.5 Conclusions&lt;br&gt;22.6 References&lt;br&gt;Appendix. Formal analysis&lt;br&gt;Chapter 23. Jos´e Ram´on Uriarte Ayo, A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Minority Language Use in Multilingual Societies&lt;br&gt;23.1 Introduction&lt;br&gt;23.2 Multilingual societies&lt;br&gt;23.3 The reference point: Linguistic rights, linguistic politeness and expectations&lt;br&gt;23.4 The maximin language choice&lt;br&gt;23.5 Information in modern multilingual societies&lt;br&gt;23.6 The ultimatum language game&lt;br&gt;23.7 The bilinguals as a player population:The building of linguistic conventions&lt;br&gt;23.8 Linguistic politeness equilibrium&lt;br&gt;23.9 Policy suggestions&lt;br&gt;23.10 Conclusions&lt;br&gt;23.11 References&lt;br&gt;Index&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Dynamic Modeling and Econometrics in Economics and Finance

Nonlinear models are indispensable in modern finance, yet their reliance on numerical root-finding methods introduces layers of complexity that demand careful attention. This textbook offers a comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding these challenges and applying advanced econometric techniques to real-world financial and economic time series data.
Designed for students, professionals, and researchers with a foundational background in statistics, econometrics, and finance, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice. It introduces key concepts progressively, making it suitable for both intermediate and advanced readers. Each chapter is written in clear, approachable language, ensuring that even those with limited prior experience in econometrics can grasp and apply the material effectively.
The book is organized into five chapters that progressively guide readers through key concepts in financial time series modeling. It begins with Chapter 1, which introduces data filtering techniques, emphasizing the Kalman Filter's role in improving model accuracy. Chapter 2 explores volatility modeling, addressing common challenges in measuring and interpreting variance in financial data. Chapter 3 builds on this by presenting hybrid approaches that combine GARCH models with neural networks to enhance predictive performance. Chapter 4 applies dynamic volatility models to option valuation, offering both theoretical insights and practical tools. Finally, Chapter 5 delves into regime-switching models, including MSAR (Markov Switching Auto Regressive) and STAR (Smooth Transition Auto Regressive), to capture nonlinear behaviors and structural shifts in time series data. Together, these chapters form a cohesive narrative on modeling the dynamic behavior of financial time series, with a particular emphasis on volatility and structural shifts. Whether you're a finance professional, economist, or data scientist, this book is an essential resource for mastering the tools and techniques that drive modern financial analysis.

A Practical Approach

Non-Linearity in Econometric Modeling, Vol. 1

In this modern day fairy tale, seven sisters raised in the woods fight to keep their freedom.Deep in the woods of western Finland, a bear hunter has raised his seven daughters to live off the land and steer clear of the trappings of life in town, like cell phones and a social life outside their family. When on his youngest Elga’s twelfth birthday the hunter is killed by his prey, and their mother dies soon thereafter, the sisters are left with unpaid bills and a leaky house. The tension between sticking to the wild ways their father taught them and submitting to well-meaning townsfolk’s efforts to “help” threatens to divide the seven sisters. Eldest Johanna tries to wield control, young Elga feels tempted by the pull to education, artist Laura spends all her time dreaming up sculptures and exploring nature – but their trips to the farmer’s market to sell foraged mushrooms and their free time exploring their vast forest home bring them together in riotous fun. With evocative language and visceral scene-setting, readers get lost in world they’ve invented together and join the fight to protect it.Inspired by Aleksis Kivi’s classic Finnish novel&nbsp;Seven Brothers&nbsp;(1870), The Bear Hunter’s Daughters is at once realistic and fantastical, an intensely sensory exploration of our essential bonds both with nature and with one another.

A Tale of Seven Sisters

The Bear Hunter's Daughters

A Better Best Friend

When Weasel comes home, he can hardly believe his eyes: Bear and Badger are playing. But Badger is Weasel's friend! Badger suggests the three friends play together. But Bear and Weasel can't agree on anything: not football, not memory, not hide and seek.Weasel never follows the rules. Bear always wants to be in charge.Set in a charming outdoor forest house, this picture book is a brilliant battle of wills between friends. Readers will enjoy every twist and turn of this very funny argument about a very familiar problem.

Tomorrow I'm in Charge!

From the author of the groundbreaking exposé Gomorrah comes a book that encourages and challenges the people to stand up for themselves and to not be fooled by the coercive nature of political power. Featuring short biographical sketches of a surprising mix of admired and deplored figures and works from history, this is a book that demands of readers to open one’s eyes and be outraged. The iconic Italian author Roberto Saviano’s latest work of nonfiction is an urgent cry for people to stand up for themselves and the things they believe in, featuring those who have most inspired him—Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, Martin Luther King Jr., the Calipygian Venus, immortalized in marble—alongside those whose actions were most deplorable—Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and Rwandan radio host Kantano Habimana, who encouraged the 1993-’94 genocide there. Saviano quotes the Italian author and Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi: “I write what I wouldn’t be able to tell anyone.” Saviano, like Levi, embraces his readers within a similar protective halo of intimacy, taking us in his arms to warn us. Other lives and works that Saviano evokes in Shout It Out! are Hypatia, the murdered Alexandrian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer; political theorist Carl Schmitt; trailblazing Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya; Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi; NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden; 16th century astrology and alchemist Giordano Bruno, burned at the stake by the Inquisition in 1600; Russian poet Anna Akhmatova who chose silence rather than collaboration; Émile Zola; the Brothers Grimm; Martin Luther King; murdered anti-corruption activist Daphne Caruana Galizia; the ancient roman statue of the Callipygian Venus; Terry Bollea (Hulk Hogan); American actress Jean Seberg; Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini; Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels; Rwandan radio host Kantano Habimana; Settimia Spizzichino, one of 50 from the Rome ghetto sent to Auschwitz, and the only survivor; Chinese poet and factory worker Lizhi Xu; Italian-American saint Sister Francesca Saverio Cabrini; Italian architect and London fire victim Gloria Trevisan; George Floyd. Shout It Out dives into world history—and Roberto Saviano’s mind—in a way that constantly surprises.

28 Portraits for a Committed World

Shout It Out!

A succinct introduction to the theoretical debate on economic development and stagnation. In this book, André Nassif examines the complexity of economic theory, shaped by the interactions of diverse agents-firms, households, governments, and banks-across various markets. Despite its abstract nature, economic theories can be made accessible through careful explanation. Development and Stagnation covers the main theoretical foundations of economic development and incorporates key contributions from Latin America. Overall, the book offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates that critically engages with these theories while maintaining academic rigor.&nbsp;

Development and Stagnation

In the aftermath of a national disaster, a couple look back on their marriage and what it cost them in this groundbreaking novel about capitalism's effect on the human heart *Guardian best translated fiction of 2025* 'Buzzes with electricity... intriguing, maddening, exciting. I'm in' Observer 'Like a normal novel with the boring bits taken out' Guardian Maggie and Kurt are struggling to hold their marriage together after their only daughter has left home. They live in an old farmhouse in Nyborg but somehow keep missing each other, unable to discuss the events that brought them together. Decades ago, a passenger ferry called the Scandinavian Star caught fire, killing 159 people. The event is still considered a national tragedy in Denmark and Norway. Years later, it was revealed not to be an accident, but the result of an insurance scam gone wrong. How is the Scandinavian Star disaster connected to Maggie and Kurt? How does money affect and infect our closest relationships? And is it ever possible to escape? 'Taut and intelligent... a moving love story and an incendiary indictment of contemporary society' Literary Review 'A comet in Scandinavian literature' OLGA RAVN 'Startling and irresistible' CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT 'Unusual, fascinating, and complicated in the best way' CLAIRE FULLER 'Nordenhof's writing is electrifying' CHETNA MAROO

Money to Burn

How can people peacefully cooperate with others to improve their lives? This important book answers this question by introducing readers to the Austrian school of economics. Austrian economics is a heterodox tradition with a distinct philosophy of science stressing purposive individual action, subjective value, the unique nature of economic knowledge, and the importance of prices and markets for coordination. Beginning in Austria in the 1870s with the work of Carl Menger, the ideas of those working in this tradition shaped the field of economics as we know it today. Coyne and Hall tell the story of the key thinkers and ideas in the Austrian school. In doing so, they demonstrate the tradition's ongoing relevance to a wide range of contemporary issues, including entrepreneurship, development, government regulation, artificial intelligence, business cycles and recessions, infectious diseases, recovery from natural disasters, and war. Comprehensive and accessibly written, Austrian Economics: An Introduction is an indispensable resource on its topic. Readers will come away with a better understanding of economics and an appreciation of the marvel of human cooperation.

An Introduction

Austrian Economics

Empirische Linguistik / Empirical Linguistics

Die Sprache Unserdeutsch entstand im 20. Jahrhundert während der deutschen Kolonialisierung in Papua-Neuguinea und gilt heute mit weniger als 75 Sprecher:innen als kritisch gefährdet. Obwohl Unserdeutsch durch den Status als einzige bekannte deutschlexifizierte Kreolsprache, als moribunde Minderheitensprache und vom Kolonialismus geprägte Kontaktvarietät von großer Bedeutung für unterschiedliche Forschungsdisziplinen ist, ist die Sprache noch kaum erforscht. Diese Arbeit bietet nun erstmals eine umfassende strukturelle Analyse der Variation in Unserdeutsch, basierend auf Interviews mit den letzten Sprecher:innen der Sprache, die mit unterschiedlichen statistischen Methoden ausgewertet wurden. Bei der Untersuchung liegt der Fokus auf der Frage, welche gesellschaftlichen und sprachlichen Aspekte die Verwendung bestimmter Formen beeinflussen. Dazu wird unter anderem die Rolle von Sprachkontakt sowie der Einfluss des Status als bedrohte Sprache mit wenigen Sprecher:innen untersucht. Diese Arbeit vereint durch ihre interdisziplinäre Herangehensweise mehrere Forschungsgebiete miteinander und liefert damit wichtige Anknüpfungspunkte für zukünftige Studien zur Variation in bedrohten Sprachen und Minderheiten- und Kreolsprachen.

Untersuchung einer bedrohten Kreolsprache

Sprachliche Variation in Unserdeutsch

With irresistible illustrations of a cozy pile of funny sleepers, The Fluffy Futon is both encouragement for bedtime and laugh-out-loud funny. Grandma spreads her newly washed futon to dry in the sun. The futon is so soft and smells so clean! The cat can't resist nestling down for a snooze. Instead of chasing it away, Grandma settles in alongside, soon followed by the hen and her chicks, a little boy, the dog, the goat, and the pig family. . . . Soon the whole household is taking a nap!Until Grandma starts to find the futon so comfy that no one else can fit.

The Fluffy Futon

The go-to resource for uncovering, understanding and overcoming accent and linguistic bias in the workplace. The way you speak can determine everything from whether you get hired or promoted, to whether people listen to you in meetings. It can affect the strength of your business relationships and reputation, but also whether people think they can trust you. We hear accents loud and clear, yet often they are quietly derailing our efforts to create inclusive work environments where every voice is heard. Linguistic discrimination is still unrecognized in the great majority of Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion (DEI) circles, yet it underpins every type of discrimination in the workplace from race and age to gender, neurodiversity and even sexuality. It is the hidden bias that is derailing even the best DEI efforts. Accent Matters is the go-to resource for uncovering, understanding and overcoming linguistic bias in the workplace. Through fascinating stories and examples of accent bias from all over the world, you'll find out how you've been conditioned to prefer certain accents over others, and how those preferences interfere with the way you listen to and interact with those around you. For those who have accents, but especially for those who think they don't, this book will be an eye-opening journey into a fundamental bias that affects every aspect of our lives, both professionally and personally.

Include every voice by challenging accent bias at work

Accent Matters

Dieses faszinierende und unterhaltsame Buch lädt sprachlich und astronomisch interessierte Leser dazu ein, die vergessenen kosmischen Ursprünge vieler Begriffe unserer Alltagssprache wiederzuentdecken. Wörter wie Zenit, Montag, Desaster, Hundstage, Seestern oder Kosmetik haben kosmische Wurzeln – auch wenn wir sie längst selbstverständlich verwenden. In einer Reise durch Raum, Zeit und Sprache erschließen der französische Astrophysiker Daniel Kunth und die deutsche Linguistin Carola Koubek die erstaunliche Geschichte eines „kosmischen Vokabulars", das sich in Redewendungen, Alltagswörtern und Fachbegriffen verbirgt. 

Mit einer Mischung aus wissenschaftlichem Hintergrund, historischen Anekdoten und sprachlichem Feingefühl zeigt das Buch, wie sehr der Nachthimmel unsere Sprache, unser Denken und unsere Kultur beeinflusst hat – und bis heute prägt. Das Buch kommt ohne Vorkenntnisse in Astronomie oder Sprachwissenschaft aus und richtet sich an alle, die Sprache, Weltanschauung und Wissenschaft in einem neuen Licht betrachten möchten. Zahlreiche Illustrationen und anschauliche Begriffserklärungen machen das Buch auch visuell zu einer Entdeckungsreise.

Astronomische Wurzeln der Modernen Sprache

Himmlische Wörter

The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language

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