Welcome to Indonesian : a beginner's survey of the language / by Stuart Robson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robson, S. O. (Stuart O.), 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indonesian language.

Physical Description:

128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass. : Tuttle, 2004.

Summary:

Get ready for a whole new approach to language history! These concise and brilliant books offer demystifying overviews of Asia's most popular languages. In a novel approach to language theory, these books show the inner mechanics of Asian languages. These guides will give you insight into Japanese and Indonesian unavailable anywhere else! Books in the "Welcome to... series study the workings of the languages from a scholarly and a practical perspective. Through this innovative approach, readers will get acquainted with the languages by learning the basic sounds and beyond, putting the words together, establishing context, putting words and ideas into writing, and some final "rounding off" concepts.

Contents:

What is Indonesian?

What is Indonesian related to?

The interface with regional languages

A historical perspective

Loanwords in Indonesian

Language development

The colloquial dimension

Malaysian

The writing system

The word

The sentence

Sample texts

A literary dimension

Recommended reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [107]-112).

ISBN:

0804833842

OCLC:

56445373