This concise grammar of Bahasa Indonesia Comprises two major grammatical components, word formation and word classes. In the first part an exposition on non-behavioristic, lexeme-based, and process model morphology is presented. The second part deals with word class classification. The morphological component deals with detailed analysis of all aspects of affixation, compounding, abbreviation, reduplication, back-formation, metanalysis, and combination of processes. The exposition on word classes consists of verb, adjectives, nouns, pronouns, numerals, adverbs, interjection, demonstratives, articles, interrogatives, conjunctions, prepositions, and phatics. The words and their sub-categorization are classified using syntactic criteria. A postscript on syntax and lists of references close the book.

Fills a gap in cross-linguistic research by being the first systematic survey of the word-formation of the world's languages. Data from fifty-five world languages reveals associations between word-formation processes in genetically and geographically distinct languages.

This is the very first publication mapping onomatopoeia in the languages of the world. The publication provides a comprehensive, multi-level description of onomatopoeia in the world’s languages. The sample covers six macro-areas defined in the WALS: Euroasia, Africa, South America, North America, Australia, Papunesia. Each language-descriptive chapter specifies phonological, morphological, word-formation, semantic, and syntactic properties of onomatopoeia in the particular language. Furthermore, it provides information about the approach to onomatopoeia in individual linguistic traditions, the sources of data on onomatopoeia, the place and the function of onomatopoeia in the system of each language.

On linguistic studies and sociolinguistics; festschrift in honor of Soenjono Dardjowidjojo, an Indonesian linguist.

The Book Deals With The System Of Indonesian Language Which Is A Malay (Bahasa Melayu) Based Language, Belonging To The Malayo Polynesian Family Of Affixing Languages, Encompassing The Vast Asia Pacific Region. The Malayo Polynesian Group Is The Second Largest Linguistic Family Scattered Mainly In The Island World Besides Indoeuropean Family Of Languages. Today, The National Languages Of Four Of South East Asian Countries I.E. Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore And Brunei Are Malay Based Languages Having The Same Grammatical Structure.