Language as commodity global structures, local marketplaces

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.

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Weitere Verfasser: Tan, Peter K. (BerichterstatterIn), Rubdy, Rani (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London Continuum 2008
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 228 S.
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25 cm
ISBN:1847064221 (hbk.)
9781847064226 (hbk.)
184706423X (pbk.)
9781847064233 (pbk.)