Linguistic Landscapes
Early English Studies of Malay and the EIC in Maritime Southeast Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23737288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Winterbottom (0000-0002-1206-9430, University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 54-81 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137380203_3 |
| OpenAlex | W2409162420 |
| ISBN | 9781137380203 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
On his way to the Malay Archipelago, the future founder of Singapore Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) carried an ‘antediluvian book’, from which he learnt his first words of Malay. 1 The book in question was probably the Dictionary English and Malayo, Malayo and English (1701), attributed to the trader Thomas Bowrey (c. 1655–1713). 2 The publication of this work — the first complete dictionary in English and an Asian language 3 — was the culmination of a period of interest in Malay among English scholars that also saw the publication of the four gospels in Romanised Malay and the compilation of several manuscript grammars. These Malay materials, like other works of scholarship discussed in this book, were produced by traders with practical experience abroad, in this case in maritime Southeast Asia, aided by English scholars, and encouraged by patronage from members of the EIC. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |