ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses regional flows and the dynamics of language resources within those flows. First it outlines the scholarship on language as resource, particularly in terms of migration, and defines the terms to be used in the chapter. Second it gives an overview of regional flows of people and the role of language within that, outlining current literature on language as a resource in migration. Next the chapter considers the issue of the changing value of resources in different contexts and what implications this has for regional flows. It draws mainly on research conducted in South Africa, looking at both the value of English as a resource and the value of African languages.
