Controversies and problems with regard to language policy and language education still exist in Malaysia. Despite the attempts of language policy makers to promote multilingualism, the implementation has been marred by political and religious affiliations. Malaysia is a melting pot of many different cultures and ethnicities, the three largest being Malay, Chinese and Indian. Therefore, an analy…
This book presents an in-depth linguistic description of Papuan Malay, a non-standard variety of Malay. The language is spoken in coastal West Papua which covers the western part of the island of New Guinea. The study is based on sixteen hours of recordings of spontaneous narratives and conversations between Papuan Malay speakers, recorded in the Sarmi area on the northeast coast of West Papua.…
The work is concerned with the reconstruction of the phonemes of Proto-Malayo-Javanic, the last proto-language which is directly continued by the Sundanese, Javanese, Malay, and Madurese.
Most Muslim-majority countries have legal systems that enshrine both Islam and liberal rights. While not necessarily at odds, these dual commitments nonetheless provide legal and symbolic resources for activists to advance contending visions for their states and societies. Using the case study of Malaysia, Constituting Religion examines how these legal arrangements enable litigation and feed th…
The first of two studies included is “Music in Kelantan, Malaysia and Some of Its Cultural Implications,” by William P. Malm. Kelantan is the northernmost province on the east coast of Malaysia. It is considered to be the most orthodox area in a nation whose state religion is Islam. At the same time it must be noted that it borders to the north with the Buddhist country of Thailand and to t…
Naskah NLP97N69 yang bercerita tentang Nur Muhammad menggunakan aksara Lampung, tetapi bahasa yang digunakan pada teks ini adalah bahasa Melayu seperti pada Hikayat Nur Muhammad yang menggunakan aksara aksara Jawi6. Akan tetapi, bahasa Melayu yang digunakan pada teks NLP97N69 memiliki kekhasan yang menjadi ciri bahasa Melayu pada teks tersebut. Kekhasan tersebut terlihat seperti pada kata jisa…
Regionalisme Asia Tenggara yang cukup terkenal, ASEAN, tidak hanya berhasil mengintegrasikan sepuluh negara anggotanya, melainkan juga memiliki peran penting dalam menciptakan stabilitas keamanan di Kawasan Asia Timur. Namun tahukah Anda bahwa juga terdapat tiga kerja sama subregional di antara negara-negara di Asia Tenggara yang berperan/turut serta membangun kawasan tersebut? Greater Mekong…
Health systems are fluid and their components are interdependent in complex ways. Policymakers, academics and students continually endeavour to understand how to manage health systems to improve the health of populations. However, previous scholarship has often failed to engage with the intersections and interactions of health with a multitude of other systems and determinants. This book ambiti…