Language as commodity : global structures, local marketplaces /
Rubdy, Rani.
Tan, Peter K. W.
London : Continuum,
c2008.
This text engages with languages policies and positions in relation to the roles and functions these languages adopt. It examines the 'value' of languages, defined in terms of the power they have in the global marketplace as much as within the complex matrices of the local socio-politics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text engages with languages policies and positions in relation to the roles and functions these languages adopt. It examines the 'value' of languages, defined in terms of the power they have in the global marketplace as much as within the complex matrices of the local socio-politics.
Language and languages
Language and languages
Language and culture.
Language spread.
Communication, International.