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语言与社会工作坊（总第106—107期

Economic Theory and the Diffusion of Languages

时　间：2019年10月23日（周三） 18:30-20:00

地　点：上外松江校区5教楼103会议室

主讲人：Florian Coulmas 教授

主办单位：中国外语战略研究中心、语言研究院

Writing and Society, Writing and Identity

时　间：2019年10月25日（周五） 10:00-11:30

地　点：上外松江校区5教楼103会议室

主讲人：Florian Coulmas  教授

主办单位：中国外语战略研究中心、语言研究院

内容概要

Economic Theory and the Diffusion of Languages

Since Adam Smith, economists have taken an interest in various aspects of language. Reviewing some of the resulting models, this paper addresses the question of whether economic theories can explain the diffusion of languages. To this end, it looks at various areas where in the course of the past half century or so language has become an object of economic interest. Particularly topical are political economy, decolonization and migration, development, globalization and trade, commodification, human capital, and languages as means of exchange. In connection with the last point it discusses the question whether economic concepts such as ‘value’, ‘network effects’ and ‘externality’ can have a more than metaphorical meaning when applied to language.

Writing and Society, Writing and Identity

A basic contradiction of modern structural linguistics is that it stipulates the “primacy of speech”, while at the same time recognizing the fact that much of what we know about language we know through writing. In this lecture we will look at the consequences of this contradiction and and discuss various social aspects of writing, paying special attention to the nexus of writing and identity.

主讲人简介

Florian Coulmas

Florian Coulmas，德国著名语言学家，1977年获得德国比勒菲尔德大学普通语言学博士学位，1999年至今任职于德国杜伊斯堡-埃森大学曾任东亚研究学院日本研究教授，现为高级教授。Coulmas教授曾在亚洲工作多年：1987-1999年任日本东京中央大学社会语言学教授，2004-2014年兼任东京日本研究所德语学院主任。他一共出版了20多部专著以及60多篇论文。近年来的重要著作有An Introduction to Multilingualism. Language in a Changing World（2018年牛津大学出版社出版）、Guardians of Language. Twenty Voices through History（2016年牛津大学出版社出版）。