Javanese-English Dictionary
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Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
A landmark achievement in comparative linguistics, the Javanese-English Dictionary by Elinor Clark Horne stands as an indispensable reference for scholars, students, and anyone seeking to bridge the rich cultural world of Java with the English-speaking world. Compiled with meticulous scholarly precision, this comprehensive volume presents thousands of Javanese entries — drawn from one of the world's oldest and most culturally significant languages — paired with accurate, nuanced English translations that honour the complexity of Javanese expression. The dictionary carefully accounts for the intricate speech levels (register) inherent to Javanese, a linguistic feature that reflects the deeply stratified social and ceremonial life of Javanese society, making it far more than a simple word-for-word reference. Published by Yale University Press in 1974, this work represents the culmination of decades of fieldwork and academic rigour, and remains one of the most authoritative Javanese-English lexicographical resources ever produced in the English language. Horne's command of both the linguistic structure and cultural context of Javanese illustrates the depth of expertise required to document a language spoken by tens of millions across the Indonesian archipelago. For linguists, anthropologists, historians of Southeast Asia, or those with a passion for language and culture, this dictionary is not merely a tool — it is a portal into one of humanity's most intricate and enduring civilisations.
Author: Elinor Clark Horne
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Yale University Press
Genre: Dictionaries
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
A landmark achievement in comparative linguistics, the Javanese-English Dictionary by Elinor Clark Horne stands as an indispensable reference for scholars, students, and anyone seeking to bridge the rich cultural world of Java with the English-speaking world. Compiled with meticulous scholarly precision, this comprehensive volume presents thousands of Javanese entries — drawn from one of the world's oldest and most culturally significant languages — paired with accurate, nuanced English translations that honour the complexity of Javanese expression. The dictionary carefully accounts for the intricate speech levels (register) inherent to Javanese, a linguistic feature that reflects the deeply stratified social and ceremonial life of Javanese society, making it far more than a simple word-for-word reference. Published by Yale University Press in 1974, this work represents the culmination of decades of fieldwork and academic rigour, and remains one of the most authoritative Javanese-English lexicographical resources ever produced in the English language. Horne's command of both the linguistic structure and cultural context of Javanese illustrates the depth of expertise required to document a language spoken by tens of millions across the Indonesian archipelago. For linguists, anthropologists, historians of Southeast Asia, or those with a passion for language and culture, this dictionary is not merely a tool — it is a portal into one of humanity's most intricate and enduring civilisations.