Introduction / Peter K.W. Tan and Rani Rubdy -- Dimensionsof 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 inmultilingual 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
