NEW CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES
Economic Approaches to
Language and Bilingualism
Richard G. Harris
Department of Economics
Simon Fraser University
Excert from http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/offlangoff/perspectives/english/economic/
3. ECONOMIC THEORIES OF LANGUAGE
3.1 Language as a Human Capital
3.2 Languages and Network Externalities
3.3 Migration and Language Dynamics