Search : Index : Faculty of Arts : Indonesian studies
Prev 110-085 Supervised Reading in Indonesian Studies

 110-081 History and Varieties of Malay

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Assoc Prof K A Adelaar

Prerequisites

110-073 Indonesian Level 3B for third year. 110-073 Indonesian Level 3B and admission to the Postgraduate Diploma or Fourth Year Honours in Indonesian for fourth year.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2.5-hour seminar per week

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.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words for third year, 5000 words for fourth year.

Prescribed Texts

Selected texts in various forms of Malay will be supplied by the Institute.



Search : Index : Faculty of Arts : Indonesian studies
Prev 110-085 Supervised Reading in Indonesian Studies
Status:                   Official 2001
Last Modified:            Wednesday May 23 22:24
SGML to HTML Conversion:  Information Technology Services
Authorised by:            Academic Registrar
Email Enquiries:          Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au