Economics and language
By: edited by Willie Henderson, Tony Dudley-Evans, and Roger Backhouse.
Contributors: Henderson, Willie, 1947-; Dudley-Evans, Tony, 1943-; Backhouse, Roger.
Series: Economics as social theory series; Economics as social theory.
Publisher: Routledge; Other
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Economics -- Language -- Congresses; Discourse analysis -- Congresses; Economics -- History -- Congresses
Description: With an interdisciplinary approach, these contributions come from economists, linguists and literary theorists. They discuss the wider methodological implications of language issues within economics, and give an analysis of how economic texts work, thus relating directly to economic practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers from a conference sponsored by the University of Birmingham held at the Lucas Institute, April 15-17, 1991.