Language Ungoverned : Indonesia's Chinese Print Entrepreneurs, 1911-1949 /

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"A language history of Indonesia's ethnic Chinese community (1911-1949), who adopted society's Malay vernacular and developed a vibrant print culture around this lingua franca. Due to their accessible and entertaining language, the Sino-Malay books, newspapers, and poems were also pop...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoogervorst, Tom, 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Printing.
Popular literature > Publishing.
Literature and society.
Languages in contact.
Language and culture.
Chinese.
Languages in contact > Indonesia > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > Indonesia > History > 20th century.
Language and culture > Indonesia > History > 20th century.
Printing > Indonesia > History > 20th century.
Chinese > Indonesia > History > 20th century.
Malay literature > Indonesia > Chinese influences.
Popular literature > Indonesia > Chinese influences.
Popular literature > Publishing > Indonesia > History > 20th century.
Indonesia.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"A language history of Indonesia's ethnic Chinese community (1911-1949), who adopted society's Malay vernacular and developed a vibrant print culture around this lingua franca. Due to their accessible and entertaining language, the Sino-Malay books, newspapers, and poems were also popular among other ethnic groups"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages).
ISBN:9781501758256

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