Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/40657 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 2008,40
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
This multidisciplinary study adopts econometric analysis for investigating how different characteristics determine the choice of the language used in the signs of a shopping street. We work with a dataset containing about 200 observations collected in the main shopping streets of the cities of Donostia (Spain) and Ljouwert (The Netherlands). The results corroborate the important assumption that multilingualism and the choice of the language (even in a street sign) is an individual and a social preference. Therefore, understanding individuals' linguistic preference structures is preliminary to the target and design of proper linguistic and social policies.
Subjects: 
Linguistic Diversity
Street Sign
Probit Model
Linguistic Landscape
JEL: 
C01
R20
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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