Contemporary Indonesian Phonology and Morphology: Some Evidence of Language Change and Innovations The Roundtable Meeting‚ Leiden University‚ Leiden‚ 26’ 28 March 2008 Bambang Kaswanti Purwo Atma Jaya Catholic University Abstract For almost half a century Indonesian cannot refrain from having to bear with the mass and rapid influx of English loanwords. Since 1970s there has been a strong pressure‚ initiated by Pusat Bahasa (the Language Center)‚ for the change from Dutch-soundlike loanwords
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After studying the two cases of imperialism; one of India‚ and one of several countries in Africa‚ for my project I have decided to research the nineteenth century colony of Indonesia. I feel very motivated about researching this country‚ especially since I spend 3 years of my life living there. Unfortunately‚ while I was live there‚ I was both unable and too young to pick up o the local history‚ and I only managed to get a grasp of what had happened to this great country that I was living in. That
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collapse of the state‚ splitting it into many smaller states. As a result of this‚ there is many consequences brought about‚ for example the aim is often succeeded‚ which is the establishment of clear‚ separate states or countries‚ the protection of a language‚ the growth of political parties‚ terrorism and civil war. The majority of the consequences are positive‚ however the negative consequences are never felt softly‚ they are always hard hitting globally‚ for example the violence that the separatism
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East Timor Student # 0007 October 1‚ 1999 Americans are facing yet another foreign policy dilemma in a far-off corner of the globe. At issue is the fate of the people of the tiny island of East Timor‚ located in the far reaches of the Indonesian archipelago. At issue is the desire of the East Timorese to secede‚ which goes against the desires of the central government to maintain the territorial integrity of their country. Like minority peoples in the former Republic of Yugoslavia‚ Iraq
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Malay Language for Foreign Students Bahasa Malaysia Komunikasi ULAM1112 Pelajaran I (Lesson 1) SEBUTAN DAN INTONASI I. THE ALPHABET * Bahasa Melayu/Bahasa Malaysia is written in romanised script consists of alphabets A to Z. So Bahasa Melayu is not phonetics. * Words in Bahasa Melayu are syllable. * From all of the alphabets‚ five letters are vowels while the rest of the alphabets are consonants. II. THE VOWELS There are six vowels in Bahasa Malaysia: a is
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ELL204/05 Society and Language (A) Four Dimensions of Sociolinguistic by Holmes (2008) Believe it or not? since the earth start until now‚ people talk ‚ people communicate for transfer their information or convey their feeling to other . Languages play an important role in this process of transfer. Every day we speak‚ but sometime we will say the same thing in different way .What makes us use the different way to speak? In fact‚ these are some factor that will cause us to change
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ILAS 225 November 29‚ 2011 The Indonesian Genocide To this day‚ the story of the Indonesian Genocide is still relatively unknown. It is only partially told‚ and partly visible through a thick haze of trickery and deception. Between October 1965 and 1966‚ it is estimated that between 500‚000 and 3‚000‚000 people were killed throughout various Indonesian islands‚ including Java‚ Sumatra‚ and Bali (the actual number will never be known for sure). The events that unfolded during this period
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are created across Indonesia in styles that vary by region. The most dominant influences on Indonesian architecture have traditionally been Indian; however‚ Chinese‚ Arab‚ and European architectural influences have been significant. Sports in Indonesia are generally male-orientated and spectator sports are often associated with illegal gambling. The most popular sports are badminton and football. Indonesian players have won the Thomas Cup (the world team championship of men’s badminton) thirteen of
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Western Governments looked upon the purge and mass killings as a victory over Communism. Occurring at the height of the Cold War between Communist nations and 1st world countries‚ the presence of the Indonesian massacres in the media was heavily monitored‚ and most Journalists were unable to enter Indonesian territories. Instead‚ they were forced to rely upon the official statements made by the Western Governments. In fact‚ the British embassy went as far as advising the intelligence headquarters in Singapore
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Language Identity Are the people who become fluent in a second or third language at risk of losing their own identity? Language has been a way of communicating with each other for thousands of years‚ maybe even more. Since the day we were born we started to learn to speak the language of our fatherland and we’re all still learning. I don’t believe that you can necessarily lose your identity because you speak two or three languages. Identity is a very big word to use and is influenced by many
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