The Economics of the Multilingual Workplace |
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| Author:
| Grin, Fran
Sfreddo, Claudio
Vaillancourt, Fran |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-62970-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $145.00 |
Book Description:
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This book approaches multilingualism in economic perspective. It explains how the linkages between linguistic and economic dimensions can be studied systematically, showing that foreign language skills are not only profitable for the individual worker, but can serve the performance of the firm and of an economy as a whole.
This book approaches multilingualism in economic perspective. It explains how the linkages between linguistic and economic dimensions can be studied systematically, showing that foreign language skills are not only profitable for the individual worker, but can serve the performance of the firm and of an economy as a whole.