Knowledge Economy, Language and Culture.
Title:
Knowledge Economy, Language and Culture.
Author:
Williams, Glyn.
ISBN:
9781847692528
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Change and the Knowledge Economy -- Chapter 2 Language as an Object -- Chapter 3 Human Capital -- Chapter 4 Regional Innovation Systems -- Chapter 5 Communities of Practice -- Chapter 6 Language and the Subject -- Chapter 7 The Cultural Economy -- Chapter 8 Social Theory and Language -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Work in the knowledge economy operates quite differently than in the industrial economy in that it is highly dependent on communication and language. This book considers how language and culture are relevant to the practices of the knowledge economy while also considering how the broader changes obliges us to reconsider the nature of language.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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