Economic Development and the Basque Language: A sign of hope

• Autores: José Mari Zendoia Sainz
• Localización: The case of basque: Past, present and future / coord. por María José Azurmendi Ayerbe, Iñaki Martínez de Luna Pérez de Arriba, 2006, ISBN 978-84-609-9703-0, págs. 89-102
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The analysis of the subject of language in economic literature is quite new, and even less attention has been devoted to the role played by the economy in lesser used language matters. The current economic restructuring of Europe has had a significant effect on a number of languages, but this process is not restricted to the present day: some languages, for example Basque, have suffered setbacks in the course of each economic change over the last few centuries. This situation does, however, appear to be changing and new social values brought about by the most recent technological progress benefits lesser used languages.