Welcome to Indonesian A Beginner's Survey of the Language

Name: Welcome to Indonesian A Beginner's Survey of the Language
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ISBN: 9780804833844

ISBN-10: 0804833842

ISBN-13: 9780804833844

Edition: 2004

Authors: Stuart Robson

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Get ready for a whole new approach to language history! This concise and brilliant book offers demystifying overviews of one of Asia's most popular languages. in a novel approach to language theory, this book shows the inner mechanics of Asian languages. This guide will give you insight into Indonesian unavailable anywhere else! Through this innovative approach, readers will get acquainted with the language 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.

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Publication date: 5/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.550

Stuart Robson has many years' experience teaching languages in various universities. He has written several books, including Instant Indonesian.Prateep Changchit is currently teaching Thai to the Australian Federal Police in Melbourne, and has produced teaching kits for English teachers in Bangkok.



Introduction


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


List of works referred to Index