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035 _a(OCoLC)676697413
050 1 4 _aP120.E27
_bL34 2008eb
082 0 4 _a306.44
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245 0 0 _aLanguage as commodity
_h[electronic resource] :
_bglobal structures, local marketplaces /
_cedited by Peter K.W. Tan and Rani Rubdy.
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bContinuum,
_cc2008.
300 _axiii, 228 p. :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction / 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aLanguage and languages
_xEconomic aspects.
650 0 _aLanguage and languages
_xPolitical aspects.
650 0 _aLanguage and culture.
650 0 _aLanguage spread.
650 0 _aCommunication, International.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aRubdy, Rani.
700 1 _aTan, Peter K. W.
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10427193
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
999 _c240324
_d240324