عنوان

Language as commodity :

(Number (ISBN

1847064221 (hbk.)

(Number (ISBN

184706423X (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9781847064226 (hbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9781847064233 (pbk.)

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Title Proper

Language as commodity :

General Material Designation

[Book]

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global structures, local marketplaces /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Peter K.W. Tan and Rani Rubdy

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Continuum,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2008

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 228 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

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

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Communication, International

Language and culture

Language and languages-- Economic aspects

Language and languages-- Political aspects

Language spread

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Edition

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Rubdy, Rani

Tan, Peter K. W

Date of Transaction

20081118021633.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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