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The Lexicon of Development: A Quantitative History of the Language of Development Studies
Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies
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The Lexicon of Development: A Quantitative History of the Language of Development Studies
The Lexicon of Development: A Quantitative History of the Language of Development Studies |
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Absell, Christopher David; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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development theory; language; ngrams
teoría del desarrollo, lenguaje, ngrams |
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The objective of this article is to examine the history of the language of development theory in order to elucidate the nature of its terminology. The history of the principal terms of development theory (economic/sustainable/human development, Third World, and North/(Global) South) is examined by way of a quantitative study of the frequency of the usage of these terms during the 20th century based on a dataset of millions of digitised books made available by Google Books. The author argues that the results of the study provide empirical evidence that the language of development theory is a historical-ideological construction which is embedded in the structure of the world economy. CITE AS: Absell, C. D. (2015). The lexicon of development: a quantitive history of the language of development studies. Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studie, 4 (1): 4-34 El objectivo de este artículo es examinar la historia del lenguaje de los estudios del desarrollo para explicar la naturaleza de su terminología. La historia de los principales términos de los estudios del desarrollo (desarrollo económico/sostenible/humano, Tercer Mundo, y Norte/Sur (Global)) se examina a través del estudio cuantitativo de la frecuencia del uso de esos términos durante el siglo XX. El estudio se apoya en una base de datos de millones de libros digitalizados facilitada por Google Books. El autor sostiene que los resultados del estudio proporcionan apoyo empírico al argumento que el lenguaje de los estudios del desarrollo es una construcción histórico-ideológica que forma parte de la estructura de la economía mundial. CITAR COMO: Absell, C. D. (2015). The lexicon of development: a quantitive history of the language of development studies. Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studie, 4 (1): 4-34 |
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Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo
Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies |
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2015-05-05
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application/pdf
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http://ried.unizar.es/index.php/revista/article/view/120
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Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo; Vol 4, Issue 1 (2015): January - June 2015; 4-34
Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies; Vol 4, Issue 1 (2015): January - June 2015; 4-34 |
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en
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