The Indonesian language
Subtitle: its history and role in modern society
By: James Sneddon.
Publisher: UNSW Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Sydney, NSW
Language: eng; ind
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Indonesian language; Malay language -- History
Description: "This book, the first of its kind, is a historical, social, cultural and linguistic study of Indonesian. It traces the origins and pre-colonial development of the language, the emergence of Classical Malay from the fourteenth century, the choice of Malay by the nationalist movement as the national language prior to independence, the planning associated with the adoption and implementation of the language, its borrowings from other language, its use in contemporary Indonesia and its future. The book challenges many assumptions about Indonesian, particularly countering the myth that Indonesian is a simple language."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Text in English with some Indonesian.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and index.