What is the relationship between language and economy?

Answer 1

Social classes will use language differently. For instance a person who is poor and uneducated he or she will not speak his or her language as well as a person who is well off and well educated. It can also affect accents, slang uses and grammar. Here is an example: Uneducated, poor black people have their own wording to say things rather than use the accepted norm of the English language. Even in the Spanish language there is a difference in the language expression between the Mexicans who descended from the Mexican native Indian classes and the Mexicans who descended from the Spaniards who took over Mexico. The Spaniard class speaks high Castillion Spanish and the Indian descendants speak a lower form of Spanish mixed with their own idioms. Another example is: Someone in California may speak with a "California Surfer lingo" and another Californian may speak with a Stanford or Harvard educated form of speaking.

Answer 2

Language is linked to the individual and society. Economy, however, is a part of society. Language and culture are two important ingredients influencing the economic growth of the individual and society, they represent an important indicator of the satisfaction of the individual and affect the quality of life of the individual. So, in a multicultural society language planning and language policies serve as tools to direct society in the social and economic sense.