34.2946, Books: Malayic varieties of Kelantan and Terengganu: Wu

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Date: 02-Oct-2023
From: Tessa Arneri [lot at uva.nl]
Subject: Malayic varieties of Kelantan and Terengganu: Wu 


Title: Malayic varieties of Kelantan and Terengganu
Subtitle: Description and linguistic history
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke
(LOT)
                http://www.lotpublications.nl/
Book URL: https://www.lotpublications.nl/malayic-varieties-of-kelantan
-and-terengganu

Author: Jiang Wu
Paperback: ISBN: 9789460934360 Pages: 471 Price: Europe EURO 47
Abstract:

This dissertation examines the Malayic varieties spoken in Kelantan
and Terengganu, two Malaysian states located on the northeast coast of
the Malay Peninsula. It focuses on three varieties, namely Kelantan
Malay, Coastal Terengganu Malay and Inland Terengganu Malay, all
belonging to the Malayic subgroup within the Austronesian language
family. On the basis of data gathered through linguistic fieldwork
undertaken by the author, the dissertation provides the most
comprehensive description of these languages to date, and offers an
analysis of their historical developments.

The three Malayic varieties under investigation display notable
similarities in their phonological and morphosyntactic patterns,
characterised by significant phonological and morphological reduction.
Despite these common features, however, it is concluded that these
varieties do not form a discrete subgroup within the Malayic
languages. The common changes observed in their consonant systems must
have followed distinct developments in the vowel systems. Furthermore,
the morphological reduction was primarily driven by internal
phonological changes, and no clear traces of substrate influences have
been found.

It is proposed that Inland Terengganu Malay represents a separate
variety, distinct from Kelantan Malay and Coastal Terengganu Malay. A
two-wave migration pattern is suggested: speakers of Inland Terengganu
Malay likely arrived in the region earlier, whereas the speakers of
Kelantan Malay and Coastal Terengganu Malay arrived at a later stage.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Written In: English (eng)

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