Welcome to Indonesian

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Welcome to Indonesian

A Beginner's Survey of the Language

Usage and grammar guides Writing systems, alphabets Language teaching and learning material and coursework Travel and holiday guides

Author: Stuart Robson

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Language: English

Published by: Tuttle Publishing

Published on: 31st January 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781462904884


This is a concise and user–friendly introduction to the Indonesian language

This concise book aims to introduce the reader to the Indonesian language not by creating a course, with grammar and exercises, but by describing it from various points of view, such as telling what it is related to and how it has developed, and on this basis saying where some of its words originate, as a means of familiarization with some common examples. After that, the description moves on to talk about the kinds of words one would expect to meet, and how they can be put together as sentences, before providing a few examples of journalistic prose as well as some more literary specimens, in order to give a feeling for the language. Welcome to Indonesian includes:

Chapter 1: What is Indonesian?

Chapter 2: Bahasa Indonesia as the National Language

Chapter 3: A Historical Overview

Chapter 4: The Development of Modern Indonesian

Chapter 5: Indonesian and Malaysian

Chapter 6: The colloquial Dimension, Influence of Dialek Jakarta

Chapter 7: What is Indonesian Related to?

Chapter 9: Loanwords in Indonesian

Chapter 10: The Indonesian Word

Chapter 11: The Indonesian Sentence

Chapter 12: Journalistic Prose

Chapter 13: A Literary Dimension

Suggestions for Further Reading

Glossary of Indonesian Words

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