Entrepreneurial Finance, Crowdfunding, and Language

Contents

List of illustrations viii

List of acronyms ix

Authorship attribution x

1 Introduction to the book 1

PART I

Language in organisation and entrepreneurship 3

2 The role of language in organisations 5

2.1 The influence of language in organisations: A review of the literature 5

2.1.1 Linguistic perspective 5

2.1.2 Psycholinguistic perspective 6

2.1.3 Sociolinguistic perspective 8

2.2 Language and sense-making in organisations 10

2.2.1 Frames 10

2.2.2 Narratives and discursive abilities 11

2.2.3 Multimodal communication 11

2.3 Future research directions 13

2.3.1 Language choices and internal organisational dynamics 13

2.3.2 Language characteristics and individuals’ decision-making 14

3 Language in entrepreneurship 23

3.1