Managing risks and opportunities in multilingual knowledge economies: the possibilities of ethnical investment movement to sustaining biolinguistic diversity
This paper argues that the ethical investment view of business, which acknowledges the interdependent relationships between financial, social and environmental risks, can be justifiably extended to include the sustainability of linguistic diversity. The first section of this paper briefly summari...
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| description | This paper argues that the ethical investment view of business, which acknowledges the
interdependent relationships between financial, social and environmental risks, can be justifiably
extended to include the sustainability of linguistic diversity. The first section of this paper briefly
summarises the current state of the world's languages, noting that the vast majority of the world's
languages are at risk of extinction. The reasons for declining linguistic diversity are explored in
some detail. This is followed by a consideration of the intimate connections between language,
knowledge and environmental sustainability. The next section explores the increasing
significance of the multilingual knowledge economies including the emergence of linguistic
niche markets, diasporic market segments and the cosmopolitan marketplace (Singh, 2001 b).
Given the interrelationships between language, knowledge, ecological sustainability and the
limits of economic over-development, the final section explores the potential for the ethical
investment view of business, which acknowledges these interrelationships, to be explicitly
extended to sustaining multicultural and linguistic diversity. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:31002016-12-14T06:33:35Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3100/ Managing risks and opportunities in multilingual knowledge economies: the possibilities of ethnical investment movement to sustaining biolinguistic diversity Michael Singh, Christopher Scanlon, This paper argues that the ethical investment view of business, which acknowledges the interdependent relationships between financial, social and environmental risks, can be justifiably extended to include the sustainability of linguistic diversity. The first section of this paper briefly summarises the current state of the world's languages, noting that the vast majority of the world's languages are at risk of extinction. The reasons for declining linguistic diversity are explored in some detail. This is followed by a consideration of the intimate connections between language, knowledge and environmental sustainability. The next section explores the increasing significance of the multilingual knowledge economies including the emergence of linguistic niche markets, diasporic market segments and the cosmopolitan marketplace (Singh, 2001 b). Given the interrelationships between language, knowledge, ecological sustainability and the limits of economic over-development, the final section explores the potential for the ethical investment view of business, which acknowledges these interrelationships, to be explicitly extended to sustaining multicultural and linguistic diversity. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2003 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3100/1/1.pdf Michael Singh, and Christopher Scanlon, (2003) Managing risks and opportunities in multilingual knowledge economies: the possibilities of ethnical investment movement to sustaining biolinguistic diversity. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 8 . pp. 8-17. ISSN 0128-5157 http://www.ukm.my/~ppbl/3L/3LArchives.html |
| spellingShingle | Michael Singh, Christopher Scanlon, Managing risks and opportunities in multilingual knowledge economies: the possibilities of ethnical investment movement to sustaining biolinguistic diversity |
| title | Managing risks and opportunities in multilingual knowledge economies: the possibilities of ethnical investment movement to sustaining biolinguistic diversity |
| title_full | Managing risks and opportunities in multilingual knowledge economies: the possibilities of ethnical investment movement to sustaining biolinguistic diversity |
| title_fullStr | Managing risks and opportunities in multilingual knowledge economies: the possibilities of ethnical investment movement to sustaining biolinguistic diversity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managing risks and opportunities in multilingual knowledge economies: the possibilities of ethnical investment movement to sustaining biolinguistic diversity |
| title_short | Managing risks and opportunities in multilingual knowledge economies: the possibilities of ethnical investment movement to sustaining biolinguistic diversity |
| title_sort | managing risks and opportunities in multilingual knowledge economies: the possibilities of ethnical investment movement to sustaining biolinguistic diversity |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3100/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3100/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3100/1/1.pdf |