Abstract:Language economics is flourishing nowadays,but its theoretical frameworks have not been clear and are waiting to be constructed in order to stimulate its development.According to all aspects of the situation,it has three fundamental dimensions: its own problems of language with economic theories and approaches,the applications of language in economics and the relationship between language and economics.They might be known as “economics of language”,“economic language” and “relations between language and economics”,respectively.Moreover,there are eight research perspectives on these dimensions,that is,economic analyses of language system and behaviors,problems of language in economics,economic causes and fundamentals of the origination and development of language,the functions of economic tools of language,language capital as human capital,economic utility of language system,economic examination of language policy and planning,and the value of economic resources of language.

 

Key words:language economics; economic attributes of language; language resource; language capital; language system; language policy and planning