Essays on Malaysian Linguistics
Title | Essays on Malaysian Linguistics PDF eBook |
Author | Asmah Haji Omar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Linguistics |
ISBN |
Essays on Malaysian linguistics
Title | Essays on Malaysian linguistics PDF eBook |
Author | Asmah Haji Omar (Dato') |
Publisher | |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Austronesian languages |
ISBN |
Language and Society in Malaysia
Title | Language and Society in Malaysia PDF eBook |
Author | Asmah Haji Omar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Language and culture |
ISBN |
Cultures in Conflict
Title | Cultures in Conflict PDF eBook |
Author | Lloyd Fernando |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Culture conflict |
ISBN |
Malaysian World-view
Title | Malaysian World-view PDF eBook |
Author | Mohd. Taib Osman |
Publisher | Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9971988127 |
This collection of essays on the worldviews of the people in Malaysia focuses on the three main ethnic groups - the Malays, Chinese and Indians - as well as the indigenous peoples of Sabah. Topics include the Islamic worldview of Man, society and nature, the traditional Malay socio-political outlook, the language and worldview of the Malay peasants, as well as Malaysian folk-tales and drama. The worldview of social belonging among the Chinese and Indians, and the traditional worldviews of the indigenous peoples of Sabah are also presented.
Writing a Nation
Title | Writing a Nation PDF eBook |
Author | Mohammad A. Quayum |
Publisher | |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Malay literature |
ISBN |
A Grammar of Semelai
Title | A Grammar of Semelai PDF eBook |
Author | Nicole Kruspe |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 2004-04-08 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9780521814973 |
Semelai is a previously undescribed and endangered Aslian (Mon-Khmer) language of the Malay Peninsula. This book - the first in-depth description of an Aslian language - provides a comprehensive reference grammar of Semelai. Semelai intertwines two types of morphological system: a concatenative system of prefixes, suffixes and a circumfix - acquired through extended contact with Malay - and a nonconcatenative system of prefixes and infixes (including infix reduplication), inherited from Mon-Khmer. There are distinctive word classes - Nominals, Verbs and Expressives - the latter iconic utterances which simultaneously provide information about the predicate and its arguments. Semelai has many derivational processes which change word class or affect transitivity, and it combines both head-marking and dependent-marking profiles. It also has a rich phonemic system of 20 vowels and 32 consonants. Nicole Kruspe's discussion is complemented with a generous number of illustrative examples and texts, creating a reference work that will be welcomed by descriptivists and typologists alike.