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Lirasniara, The Sung Language Of Southwest Maluku (East-Indonesia), Aone van Engelenhoven 2010 Leiden University

Lirasniara, The Sung Language Of Southwest Maluku (East-Indonesia), Aone Van Engelenhoven

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This paper discusses a highly endangered sung style in Maluku Barat Daya along the lines of Sasse's (1992) theory of language death and focusses on structural consequences, the speech behaviour, and the external setting of this oral tradition. It is concluded that if it really has existed and not only in local folklore, Lirasniara must have been a jargon that was replaced by Malay. Only because it already occurred in sung texts during the latter's introduction prevented its total disappearance from the region thus far. The fear remains that in the process of the modernization of Indonesia, it may undoubtedly …


Mu'jizah, Iluminasi Dalam Surat-Surat Melayu Abad Ke-18 Dan Ke-19. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, Cole Fran Aise D'Extr Me-Orient, Pusat Bahasa-Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, And Kitlv-Jakarta, 2009, 204 Pp.[Seri Buku Pustaka Hikmah Disertasi 2], Dewaki Kramadibrata 2010 Universitas Indonesia

Mu'jizah, Iluminasi Dalam Surat-Surat Melayu Abad Ke-18 Dan Ke-19. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, Cole Fran Aise D'Extr Me-Orient, Pusat Bahasa-Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, And Kitlv-Jakarta, 2009, 204 Pp.[Seri Buku Pustaka Hikmah Disertasi 2], Dewaki Kramadibrata

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.


The Revitalization Of Mak Yong In The Malay World, Pudentia MPSS 2010 Universitas Indonesia

The Revitalization Of Mak Yong In The Malay World, Pudentia Mpss

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Culture can only be revitalized when a cultural tradition is considered of significant importance by its owning community. How important it is for the identity of that community or in how far it symbolizes that community can only be established after in-depth study. It is crucial that revitalization activities involve the community. If not, efforts would be pointless. Mak Yong is one of the Malay performing art traditions that has been revitalized over the last five years. It is an art form that originates in southern Thailand and was brought to Bintan in the Riau Islands (Kepulauan Riau, Kepri) via …


The Myth About The Origin Of The Karo House, Juara R. Ginting 2010 Universitas Sumatera Utara

The Myth About The Origin Of The Karo House, Juara R. Ginting

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

The Karo people in North Sumatra (Indonesia) consider areas in the Karo regency and those in other regencies as part of Taneh Karo (the Karolands), despite the fact that these areas comprise different administrative territories. This paper focuses on how the idea of Taneh Karo is articulated in a special Karo myth. Scholarly research has discovered that the notion of Taneh Karo originated in pre-colonial times, but an analysis of a local myth which established the concept of Taneh Karo remains an interesting anthropological study. This study is significant as it endeavours to comprehend the traditional ways of life of …


That Mighty "Pantun" River And Its Tributaries, Ding Choo Ming 2010 Universitas Indonesia

That Mighty "Pantun" River And Its Tributaries, Ding Choo Ming

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Known as pantun to the Malays in Brunei, Malaysia, Pattani, Riau, Singapore, and Southern Phillipines, it is called peparikan to the Javanese, sesindiran to the Sundanese and many other different names in different ethnic groups in the different parts of the Indo-Malay world, which is made up of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Pattani in southern Thailand, and Mindanao in the southern Philippines. In almost every settlement that sprang up along the major rivers and tributaries in the Indo-Malay world, the pantun blend well with their natural and cultural surroundings. In this article, the geographical extent of the pantun family in …


The Effect Of Oral Performances In Audiences' Minds And Behaviour, Santosa Santosa 2010 Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta

The Effect Of Oral Performances In Audiences' Minds And Behaviour, Santosa Santosa

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

As a means of communicating thoughts, gamelan performances affect the way audiences construct their worldview. More than that, listeners in villages believe that performances can affect people's behaviour. Performances may be deeply influential in the creation of fundamental social values such as in-group integrity, feelings of unity and peace in the community. All this demonstrates that in villages, arts are not autonomous entities; people value the arts as an integral domain with other social activities.


Mamanda Theatre, The Play Of Banjar Culture, Ninuk Kleden-Probonegoro 2010 Indonesian Institute of Sciences

Mamanda Theatre, The Play Of Banjar Culture, Ninuk Kleden-Probonegoro

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This article reveals the dialectic relationship between Teater Mamanda and the living conditions of Banjarese community. When we watch Mamanda, we watch the life and culture of the Banjarese. Without any knowledge of Banjarese society and culture we cannot possibly understand the content of a Mamanda performance as a miniature version of Banjarese society and culture. Three areas where Mamanda is performed have been studied using Paul Ricoeur's textual theory. There are two kinds of texts, the Mamanda performance (considered as text, that is, social events fixated in the form of a performance), and the narration of the performance itself …


Oral Traditions In Malaysia; A Discussion Of Shamanism, Haron Daud 2010 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Oral Traditions In Malaysia; A Discussion Of Shamanism, Haron Daud

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

The article discusses Malay oral traditions and emphasizes the shamanistic aspects of these traditions. Shamans often recite mantras in the execution of their role in society. The role of the shaman, their self proclaimed knowledge, shamans and their economic activities, black magic and healthcare in Malay society are discussed, as well as the shaman's role in Dayak ritual. Each aspect is discussed in combination with the mantra the shaman utters.


Oman Fathurahman, Tarekat Syattariyah Di Minangkabau; Teks Dan Konteks. Jakarta: Prenada Media Group, Cole Fran Aise D'Extr Me-Orient, Pusat Pengkajian Islam Dan Masyarakat (Ppim) Uin Jakarta, And Kitlv-Jakarta, 2008, 185 Pp. [Seri Buku Phd 1.], Eka Meigalia 2010 Universitas Indonesia

Oman Fathurahman, Tarekat Syattariyah Di Minangkabau; Teks Dan Konteks. Jakarta: Prenada Media Group, Cole Fran Aise D'Extr Me-Orient, Pusat Pengkajian Islam Dan Masyarakat (Ppim) Uin Jakarta, And Kitlv-Jakarta, 2008, 185 Pp. [Seri Buku Phd 1.], Eka Meigalia

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.


Diagnosis Of Depression Among Hispanic Individuals--Appropriate Methods And Measures, Cassie DeVore, Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor 2010 Illinois Wesleyan University

Diagnosis Of Depression Among Hispanic Individuals--Appropriate Methods And Measures, Cassie Devore, Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Hypertension And Hispanics: Lower Incidence Or Missing Data?, Kelsey Farrell, Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor 2010 Illinois Wesleyan University

Hypertension And Hispanics: Lower Incidence Or Missing Data?, Kelsey Farrell, Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Hispanics And Diabetes: Many Problems But Many Answers, Brooke Stevens, Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor 2010 Illinois Wesleyan University

Hispanics And Diabetes: Many Problems But Many Answers, Brooke Stevens, Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Barriers To Accessing The U.S. Health Care System For Hispanics, Patricia Troxell, Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor 2010 Illinois Wesleyan University

Barriers To Accessing The U.S. Health Care System For Hispanics, Patricia Troxell, Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Society’S Views And The Personal Status Code: A Discussion Of Tunisian Men And Women’S Roles In Marriage And Divorce, Alexandra BetGeorge 2010 Providence College

Society’S Views And The Personal Status Code: A Discussion Of Tunisian Men And Women’S Roles In Marriage And Divorce, Alexandra Betgeorge

Global Studies Student Scholarship

This paper discusses the present characteristics of men and women’s expected roles in Tunisian society and family during and after marriage. The relationship between the Personal Status Code’s laws and Tunisian society’s general mentality were studied to see how they interacted to create men and women’s reputations and statuses before and after divorce. Four interviews were conducted with two categories of marriages considered: those with children and those without children. Each category was represented by a male and female divorcé living in the northern suburbs of Tunis, who were each asked to speak of their marriage and divorce process. Each …


Language Choice Of Bidayuh Graduates In Kuching-Samarahan Division., Norazuna Norahim 2010 Universiti Malaya

Language Choice Of Bidayuh Graduates In Kuching-Samarahan Division., Norazuna Norahim

Student Works (2010-2019)

This dissertation describes the language choice patterns of Bidayuh graduates in an urban setting. It demonstrates the interaction between macro-sociological modifications with changes in language choice patterns of the Bidayuh community, an ethnic minority located in East Malaysia. The motivation for the study is driven by the need to ascertain the direction of the changing language choice patterns of its community members, and the extent to which it is threatening the position of the mother tongue. Despite having a population of approximately 170,000 speakers, the Bidayuh language displays characteristics of a “threatened” language. The proximity of the Bidayuh speech community …


Learning The Meaning Of Verbs: Insights From Quechua, Ellen Courtney 2010 University of Texas at El Paso

Learning The Meaning Of Verbs: Insights From Quechua, Ellen Courtney

Selected Works Temporary Series

Largely based on observations of English-speaking children, investigators have proposed constraints on verb learning, e.g., syntactic bootstrapping, the principle of uniqueness, and innate semantic-conceptual categories. Children produce overgeneralization errors as they acquire verb meaning, and data from some languages reveal an intriguing asymmetry: children use intransitive verbs transitively, while seldom using causative-transitive verbs intransitively. This study presents experimental evidence corroborating the author's earlier finding that Quechua-speaking children’s overgeneralization errors observe the same asymmetry. The transitive variants of change-of-state verbs were elicited from 30 Peruvian children, aged 2;8-4;11. The ensuing discussion considers how Quechua-speaking children recover from this pattern of overgeneralization …


Applicative Constructions In Shipibo-Konibo (Panoan), Pilar Valenzuela 2010 Chapman University

Applicative Constructions In Shipibo-Konibo (Panoan), Pilar Valenzuela

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Articles and Research

This article provides a detailed, typologically informed treatment of applicative constructions in Shipibo-Konibo, a Panoan language from Peruvian Amazonia. Shipibo-Konibo has three applicative suffixes: affective (i.e., benefactive or malefactive), dedicated malefactive, and associative. These applicative types are rather common cross-linguistically and hence the language cannot be said to be particularly rich either in terms of number or kinds of applicative constructions. Nevertheless, the Shipibo-Konibo system exhibits certain points of special interest such as the interplay between transitivity and the different applicative construction types, which include a restriction on the dedicated malefactive to combine with transitive verbs only, and the almost …


Technology Integration In Teaching Action Research, Alcione N. Ostorga 2010 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Technology Integration In Teaching Action Research, Alcione N. Ostorga

Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications

This article describes an instructional model designed to teach action research to undergraduate preservice teachers, which uses technology integration to facilitate the learning process that incorporates face to face and distance learning methods. First, a theoretical overview of the instructional design is provided then the instructional model is described. The course design is analyzed through the use of Moore's levels of interaction. Finally, the author discusses the conclusions and implications for future research.


Konsep Malu Orang Melayu Dalam Novel Saga : Satu Kajian Sosiolinguistik., Norazlina Mohd. Kiram 2010 Universiti Malaya

Konsep Malu Orang Melayu Dalam Novel Saga : Satu Kajian Sosiolinguistik., Norazlina Mohd. Kiram

Student Works (2010-2019)

The concept of shyness is an important concept as it encompasses the principles, behaviors, beliefs and rules that should be observed by its society. In relation to this, the concept of shyness among Malays is regarded as peculiar and unique as it is based on the Holy Quran and as-Sunnah. Basically, it is considered as a character awareness concept for the Malays which is very much related to self  worth, dignity and maintenance of one’s face. This being the starting point, the research  tries to put forward an analysis of the concept of shyness among Malays which is  explored in …


Hadith-Hadith Dalam Kitab Sayr Al-Salikin Karangan Syeikh 'Abd Al-Samad Al-Falimbani : Satu Kajian Dalam Bab Al-Salat ., Wan Aminurrashid Wan Abd Hamid 2010 Universiti Malaya

Hadith-Hadith Dalam Kitab Sayr Al-Salikin Karangan Syeikh 'Abd Al-Samad Al-Falimbani : Satu Kajian Dalam Bab Al-Salat ., Wan Aminurrashid Wan Abd Hamid

Student Works (2010-2019)

Sayr al-Sālikīn is among the classical works of Syeikh ‘Abd al-Samad al-Falimbani. It comprises of four volumes which contain many hadīths, among which on hadīths of prayer. Writer only study one hundred sixteen (116) hadiths on the subject of prayer first constituent with approach to external criticism (al-Naqd al-Khārijiy). This study is to identify sources of hadīth, status of each hadīth, also explainations on each hadīth. This study is done by research in the library (library research) using the method of takhrīj namely to identify the sources of hadith, then writer referring to al-Marāji‘ al-Asliyyah (primary sources) as well as …


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