摘要
本文从人力资本、公共产品和制度的角度分析论证了语言的经济性质,提出了语言经济学的三个命题:语言是一种人力资本;语言是一种公共产品;语言是一种制度。作为人力资本,语言是决定劳动力市场就业及人们劳动收入的重要因素之一,与社会经济活动和人们的经济地位密切相关;作为公共产品,语言本身就可以直接影响到语言政策的选择与制定;作为制度,语言不仅对交易成本产生影响,还影响着其他制度安排的效率。就现有研究而言,围绕命题一的研究已经是语言经济学中非常成熟的一个领域,而围绕命题二、命题三的研究虽然刚刚起步,但前景极为广阔,都是语言经济学亟待研究和值得深入研究的内容。有理由认为,语言经济学的后续研究大体上可以以这三个命题为支撑,或是建立在其基础之上,或是围绕着它们而展开。从这个意义上说,它们可以构成语言经济学的一个基本分析框架。
This paper mainly deals with three basic propositions of Language and Economics, a new branch of economics, from the standpoint of human capital, public good and institutions. As a kind of human capital, language is one of the important determinants of labor market employment and earnings, and it is closely related with social economic activities and personal status ; as a kind of public good, language can influence the choice-making and constitution of language policy and language planning; as a kind of institution, language has some influences not only on the transaction cost, but also on the efficiency of other institutions. So far as the current researches are concerned, we think the future researches of Language and Economics can either be based on them, or develop around them. In this sense, they will constitute a basic analytical framework of Language and Economics.
出处
《经济研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2008年第2期144-154,共11页
Economic Research Journal
基金
教育部哲学社会科学重大攻关项目"马克思主义产权理论
现代西方产权理论与中国改革实践"(项目号:04JZD007)
关键词
语言
语言经济学
人力资本
公共产品
制度
Language
Language and Economics
Human Capital
Public Good
Institution
作者简介
张卫国，山东大学经济研究院（中心），邮政编码：250100，电子信箱：sduzwg@126．com。
