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" Language as commodity : "
edited by Peter K.W. Tan and Rani Rubdy
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BL
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647752
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Language as commodity : : global structures, local marketplaces /\ edited by Peter K.W. Tan and Rani Rubdy
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Continuum,, c2008
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xiii, 228 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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1847064221 (hbk.)
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: 9781847064226 (hbk.)
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: 184706423X (pbk.)
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: 9781847064233 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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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Language and languages-- Economic aspects
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Language and languages-- Political aspects
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Language and culture
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Language spread
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Communication, International
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| Dewey Classification
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306.44
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P120.E27L34 2008
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Rubdy, Rani
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Tan, Peter K. W
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