A Grammar of Modern Baba Malay

Nala H. Lee (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

X, 389 Seiten

2023
de Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)
978-3-11-135860-4 (ISBN)

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lt;p>This book documents modern Baba Malay, a critically endangered Austronesian-based contact language with a Sinitic substrate. Formed via intermarriage between Hokkien-speaking male traders and indigenous women in the Malay Peninsula, the language has less than 1,000 speakers in Singapore and less than 1,000 speakers in Malacca, Malaysia. This volume fills a gap for reference grammars of contact languages in general. Reference grammars written on contact languages are rare, and much rarer is a reference grammar written about a critically endangered Austronesian-based contact language.

The reference grammar, which aims to be useful to linguists and general readers interested in Baba Malay, describes the language's sociohistorical background, its circumstances of endangerment, and provides information regarding the phonology, parts of speech, and syntax of Baba Malay as spoken in Singapore. A chapter that differentiates this variety from that spoken in Malacca is also included.

The grammar demonstrates that the nature of Baba Malay is highly systematic, and not altogether simple, providing structural information for those who are interested in the typology of contact languages.

lt;strong>Nala H. Lee, National University of Singapore.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2023
Reihe/Serie	Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] ; 90
Zusatzinfo	23 b/w and 8 col. ill., 49 b/w and 1 col. tbl.
Verlagsort	Basel/Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	854 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Baba Malay • Bedrohte Sprachen • contact language • grammar • Grammatik • Kontaktsprache • Language Endangerment
ISBN-10	3-11-135860-7 / 3111358607
ISBN-13	978-3-11-135860-4 / 9783111358604
Zustand	Neuware