Danny Hieber

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06/14/2013 Mises Daily Danny Hieber

Language is a variety of action. Linguists have recognized this fact in its contemporary understanding since at least the 1960s, when J. L. Austin coined the terms “speech acts” and “performative...

English for All, Freedom for None

09/25/2012 Mises Daily Danny Hieber

“English should be the official language of this country” has become something of a mantra for the Republican Party, uttered to raucous cheers in nearly every Republican debate or speech. Moreover...

Why Do Languages Die?

01/04/2012 Mises Daily Danny Hieber

The very existence of a modern nation-state, and the ideology it encompasses, is antithetical to linguistic diversity.

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