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Singapore: Kelly and Walsh. Board_book. Fair +. This is a companion volume to Winstedt's better known Dictionary of Colloquial Malay. The book includes about forty pages on grammar, a few pages on proverbs, while the bulk consists of sample conversations with rulers, chiefs and staff. The final section is on the Jawi script. 161 pages. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia Much of the back strip has come away and the cover is loose, i.e. the book needs rebinding. Otherwise the rest of the binding is firm, the text is clear and there is very mild tanning throughout.

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2006. Paperback. New. A wide ranging collection of essays from staff of the English Department of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Malaya. The purpose of the volume is to demonstrate the varying theoretical and practical perspectives and approaches current in linguistics with a particular focus on English language learning and use in Malaysia. 381 pages Weight 0.9kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Kelly and Walsh, 1937. Eleventh edition. Paperback. Very Good. A once popular handbook for tourists and residents attempting to make a start on the Malay language. Now mainly a treasure of what was deemed necessary for communication between Europeans and Malayans at the zenith of British rule in the country. The book includes a brief grammar and vocabulary and handy phrases when disembarking from a ship, travelling in a hack-carriage and while at home, the hotel or the office. 75 pages. Weight 0.3kg. Post free within Malaysia The booklet is in quite remarkable condition with just a couple of small marks on the cover. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is mild tanning throughout.

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2003. First edition. Paperback. As New. A collection of papers from a conference at the University of Malaya in 2000. The papers look at the role of language in the intellectual functioning of the mind as well as more specific aspects of the process, i.e. perception, processing and comprehension of both spoke and written language. Most of the contributors are from the university. 200 pages. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

CR Barron. Paperback. Very Good. A fairly thorough introduction to the Malay language for British forces. Each chapter is a piece of Malay conversation or prose accompanied by explanatory vocabulary and grammar sections. Translations of each chapter into English are at the end of the book, which also has a military glossary and further vocabulary. 160 pages Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has a bit of wear and there is a stain on the inside front cover. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is very mild tanning throughout.

Milton Keynes, UK: Dodo Press, 2010. Reprint of Eighth Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. The purpose of this manual, originally written in 1881, was to be, according to the author, the first introduction for non-native Malay speakers to colloquial Malay. Previous manuals had been more academic. Having said that, the 210 pagemanual is preceded by a 48 page a sholarly discourse on the influence of Sanskrit on the language.The remainder of the book contains a review of the main elements of grammar together with exercises for the learner. Weight: 0.6.kg. *On request this book will be sent post free by surface mail to any part of the world when it is part of an order weighing at least 2 kilos.* There is some dirt on one corner of the text block

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback. As New. The author seeks to diverge from the traditional grammatical and phonological study of language to look at verbal communication in a Malaysian setting. The research was carried out through analysing video recordings of Malaysian speakers. One of the main findings of the work was that overlaps and interruptions could more often been seen as forms of co-operation than of conflict. 234 pages with a bibliography. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia