A Dictionary of the Malay Tongue (Paperback)

James Howison

ISBN 10: 1108056369 / ISBN 13: 9781108056366

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013

Beschreibung

Paperback. Published in 1801, this work is largely based on the first Malay-English dictionary, published 100 years earlier by Thomas Bowrey. A member of the Asiatic Society, although not recognised as a Malay scholar, James Howison seems to have lent his name to this version, produced in order to fill the gap caused by the scarcity of copies of the earlier dictionary. Since the British East India Company established a presence in the Malay Peninsula in 1786, the need for a compendium of working Malay had greatly increased. This reissue brings together the two parts of the dictionary in one volume for bidirectional coverage, and it includes the transliteration, though flawed, of the Arabic script of Jawi. Although superseded by William Marsden's 1812 dictionary and grammar (also reissued in this series), this nevertheless remains an interesting historical document, offering insight into the early colonial study of a language. This Malay-English dictionary was published in 1801, and is largely the same in content as the first one produced 100 years earlier by Thomas Bowrey. It is a compendium of working Malay, representing early attempts to make a dictionary to serve the new colonial interests in the Malay Peninsula. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781108056366

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: A Dictionary of the Malay Tongue (Paperback)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1108056369
• ISBN-13: 9781108056366
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

This is an 1801 republication of the first Malay–English dictionary, with bidirectional coverage and grammatical notes.

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