Language as commodity : global structures, local marketplaces /: global structures, local marketplaces. (©2008)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Language as commodity : global structures, local marketplaces /: global structures, local marketplaces. (©2008)
- Main Title:
- Language as commodity : global structures, local marketplaces
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Peter K.W. Tan and Rani Rubdy.
- Other Names:
- Rubdy, Rani
Tan, Peter K. W - Contents:
- Introduction / Peter K.W. Tan and Rani Rubdy -- Dimensions of globalization and applied linguistics / Paul Bruthiaux -- Linguistic instrumentalism in Singapore / Lionel Wee -- The commodification of Malay : trading in futures / Lubna Alsagoff -- Beyond linguistic instrumentalism : the place of Singlish in Singapore / Chng Huang Hoon -- Linguistic pragmatism, globalization and the impact on the patterns of input in Singaporean Chinese homes / Ng Bee Chin -- Anatomies of linguistic commodification : the case of English in the Philippines vis-a-vis other languages in the multilingual marketplace / T. Ruanni F. Tupas -- The English language as a commodity in Malaysia : the view through the medium-of-instruction debate / Peter K.W. Tan -- English in India : the privilege and privileging of social class / Rani Rubdy -- Negotiating language value in multilingual China / Agnes S.L. Lam and Wenfeng Wang -- Language policy, vernacular education and language economics in postcolonial Africa / Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu -- On the appropriateness of the metaphor of LOSS / David Block -- The commoditization of English and the Bologna process : global products and services, exchange mechanisms and trans-national labour / Michael Singh and Jinghe Han.
- Publisher Details:
- London New York : Continuum
- Publication Date:
- 2008
- Copyright Date:
- 2008
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 306.44
Language and languages -- Economic aspects
Language and languages -- Political aspects
Language and culture
Language spread
Communication, International
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics
Communication, International
Language and culture
Language and languages -- Economic aspects
Language and languages -- Political aspects
Language spread
Sprache
Globalisierung
Sprachpolitik
Handelsware
économie -- langage -- études diverses
anglais (langue) -- économie -- études diverses
Electronic books
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- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781441123985
1441123989
1282873571
9781282873575 - Related ISBNs:
- 1847064221
9781847064226
184706423X
9781847064233 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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