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Deftly depicting the linguistic choices made by these print entrepreneurs, Tom G. Hoogervorst paints a rich portrait of the social life of this community as well as the articulation of their aspirations, anxieties and concerns that were expressed in creative use of multiple languages.

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Introduction: A Prism into the Past
1. Connected Language Histories
2. On Good, Bad, and Ugly Malay
3. Printing, Pulp, and Popularity
4. Competing Expressions of Modernity
5. The Humoristic and the Invective
Epilogue: An Important Historical Monument

Language Ungoverned

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: 15/08/2021
      ISBN13: 9781501758232, 978-1501758232
      ISBN10: 1501758233
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      Deftly depicting the linguistic choices made by these print entrepreneurs, Tom G. Hoogervorst paints a rich portrait of the social life of this community as well as the articulation of their aspirations, anxieties and concerns that were expressed in creative use of multiple languages.

      * New Books Network *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: A Prism into the Past
      1. Connected Language Histories
      2. On Good, Bad, and Ugly Malay
      3. Printing, Pulp, and Popularity
      4. Competing Expressions of Modernity
      5. The Humoristic and the Invective
      Epilogue: An Important Historical Monument

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