Distributions of language rights in multilingual settings are analyzed from a normative viewpoint in this chapter. If …-benefit calculation has to be augmented in various ways if rights influence the status of a language, which in turn influences the … preferences for language rights. Also the inter-generational transfer of language repertoires to the next generation leads to an …

The paper gives a short overview of economic theories of justice and applies this to linguistic rights. Linguistic …

benefits and burdens in a society. The Basic Social Justice Orientations (BSJO) scale is an eight-item scale that measures … agreement with the equality, equity, need, and entitlement principle. In contrast to comparable other scales that have been used … in justice research in the past, the BSJO scale is consistent with the current state of empirical justice research …