Bengt-Arne Wickström

List of John Benjamins publications in which Bengt-Arne Wickström is involved.

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Promoting linguistic vitality through public policy: The role of rules, costs and incentives

Edited by Bengt-Arne Wickström, Noémi Nagy, Anneliese Rieger-Roschitz and Balázs Vizi

Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 47:2 (2023) v, 117 pp.

Gazzola, Michele, Cecilia Gialdini and Bengt-Arne Wickström 2027 Chapter 5. Measuring linguistic justice: A survey of existing indicators and indices Approaches to Interlinguistics and Esperanto Studies, Koutny, Ilona and Nicolau A. Dols Salas (eds.), pp. 71–91 | Chapter

Wickström, Bengt-Arne 2024 Approaching language rights and justice for linguistic minorities from the perspective of constitutional economics Les droits fondamentaux linguistiques existent-ils? / Do Linguistic Human Rights Exist?, Clément-Wilz, Laure (ed.), pp. 189–212 | Article

Methodological individualism is a central concept in normative economics. As the point of departure of our discussion of linguistic justice, we postulates the equality of all individuals in relation to their first language. Any deviation from this ideal has to be motivated. One such motivation… read more

Wickström, Bengt-Arne, Noémi Nagy, Anneliese Rieger-Roschitz and Balázs Vizi 2023 Language (re)vitalization: What characterizes a sensible policy? Promoting linguistic vitality through public policy: The role of rules, costs and incentives, Wickström, Bengt-Arne, Noémi Nagy, Anneliese Rieger-Roschitz and Balázs Vizi (eds.), pp. 113–135 | Introduction

Many small languages are in danger of extinction. How to stop and reverse this process is an important topic in the sociolinguistic literature. In addition to the revitalization of languages, there are also some examples of vitalizing (bringing to use) “new” languages, for example the… read more

Templin, Torsten, Bengt-Arne Wickström and Michele Gazzola 2022 Chapter 16. Effectiveness of policy measures and language dynamics Advances in Interdisciplinary Language Policy, Grin, François, László Marácz and Nike K. Pokorn (eds.), pp. 319–342 | Chapter

The effect of a given language policy can be very different in the short, medium and long run. We illustrate this, looking at the effects of language planning on inclusion given different mobility patterns. The choice is between different status and acquisition planning measures. This choice… read more