Javanese Grammar for Students A Graded Introduction
Javanese Grammar for Students: A Graded Introduction by Stuart O. Robson is a third, revised edition published by Monash University Publishing in 2014. This 102-page guide offers a structured approach to understanding the grammar of the Javanese language, which is spoken by approximately eighty million people on the island of Java. The book is designed to help learners progress from simple to more complex grammatical concepts, enhancing their language proficiency through fresh examples and practical applications.
Readers will find a comprehensive resource that includes a section titled “How do you say it in Javanese?”, which presents English idioms alongside their Javanese equivalents. The book also features an introduction and a discussion on the language levels of Javanese, which are crucial for effective social interaction. This edition is particularly useful for students of Indonesian seeking to deepen their understanding of communication in Java, as well as for researchers and linguists interested in comparative studies of Southeast Asian languages.
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This is a third, revised edition of Stuart Robson’s highly successful guide to the grammar of the Javanese language, spoken by around eighty million speakers on the island of Java. The book progresses from simple to more complex topics, facilitating a steady increase in language proficiency. Fresh examples have been added, as well as a section entitled ‘How do you say it in Javanese?’, arranged under 120 headwords and taking the viewpoint of speakers of English wanting an equivalent to an English idiom. There is an introduction and a note on the language levels of Javanese, important for social interaction. This book will be of interest to students of Indonesian wanting deeper knowledge of communication on the island of Java, to researchers considering fieldwork in Java, to linguists making comparative studies of Indonesian languages, and to outsiders undertaking employment in Java.
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