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 110-081 History and Varieties of Malay

Note

Formerly available as 150-435. Students who have completed 150-435 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Assoc Prof K A Adelaar

Prerequisites

110-073 Indonesian Level 3B or permission of Head of the Program.

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Subject Description

This subject is a study of Malay, its linguistic development and the processes of its standardisation into Indonesian and Malay(sian). Selected texts will be used to illustrate the socio-historical, ethnic and regional variation of Malay. Students who complete the subject should have a general knowledge of the historical development of Malay; be able to recognise different forms of Malay and to translate short passages of non-standard forms of Malay in English; and understand the politics of language standardisation with particular reference to Malay and Indonesian.

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