Language As Commodity

Introduction, Peter KW Tan (National University of Singapore, Singapore) and Rani Rudby (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); 1. Dimensions of Globalization and Applied Linguistics, Paul Bruthiaux (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); 2. Linguistic Instrumentalism in Singapore, Lionel Wee (National University of Singapore, Singapore); 3. The Commodification of Malay: trading in futures, Lubna Alsagoff (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); 4. Beyond Linguistic Instrumentalism: the place of Singlish in Singapore, Huan Hoon Chng (National University of Singapore, Singapore); 5. Linguistic Pragmatism and Globalization in Singaporean Chinese homes, Bee Chin Ng (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); 6. Anatomies of Linguistic Commodification, T Ruanni F Tupas (National University of Singapore, Singapore); 7. A Commodified English Language? The view through the medium-of-instruction, Peter K W Tan (National University of Singapore, Singapore); 8. English in India: the privilege and priveleging of social class, Rani Rubdy (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); 9. Language Policy, Vernacular Education and Language Economics, Nkonko Kamwangamalu (Howard University, Washington D.C., USA); 10. The Implicit Trilingual Model in China, Agnes Lam and Wenfeng Wang (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); 11. The Global Structuring of English and Labour Markets, Jinghe Han (University of Western Sydney, Australia) & Michael Singh (University of Western Sydney, Australia); 12. On the Appropriateness of the Metaphor of LOSS, David Block (University of London, UK).