Zubir Said
Zubir Said

Author: Rohana Zubir

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 9814311812

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Zubir Said is best known as the composer of Majulah Singapura, the national anthem of Singapore; Semoga Bahagia, the Singapore school anthem; and Melayu Raya. Born into a humble and religious family in Sumatra where music was considered haram, at 21 he set out to seek his fortune in Singapore, attracted initially by the glittering lights and the availability of butter and kopi susu, but soon by the opportunities it offered him to pursue his dreams. Armed with his first musical instrument, a bamboo flute he had carved himself, and a basic knowledge of music number notations, Zubir taught himsel.

Language Planning Processes
Language Planning Processes

Author: Joan Rubin

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2013-02-06

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 3110806193

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian
Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian

Author: James N. Sneddon

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13:

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This book aims to describe aspects of the Indonesian language as spoken by educated Jakartans in everyday interactions. This style of language is in many ways significantly different from the formal language of government and education, to the extent that it deserves separate consideration. While formal Indonesian has been the subject of a considerable amount of description very little attention has been paid to informal styles of the language. The variety described here, Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian, is the prestige variety of colloquial Indonesian and is becoming the standard informal style. The description and texts in following chapters are drawn from recordings of natural speech of educated people living in Jakarta . While the book aims to inform those with a background in linguistics the needs of teachers and learners with little or no knowledge of linguistics is always borne in mind. The work thus does not consider theoretical linguistic issues nor use technical terms which would not be readily understood by most readers.

Alec Wilder in Spite of Himself
Alec Wilder in Spite of Himself

Author: Desmond Stone

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0195096002

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This is a biography of Alec Wilder, who made an impact as a major writer of American popular songs in the 1940s and had a strong influence on the careers of Frank Sinatra and Mabel Mercer. Wilder was a great eccentric who lived a nomad's life and wrote music for unusual combinations.

Differential Equations and Nonlinear Mechanics
Differential Equations and Nonlinear Mechanics

Author: K. Vajravelu

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2001-04-30

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9780792368670

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The book includes chapters written by well-known mathematicians and engineers. The topics include nonlinear differential equations, nonlinear dynamics, neural networks, modeling and dissipative processes, nonlinear ODE, nonlinear PDE, nonlinear mechanics, and fuzzy differential equations. The chapters are self-contained and contain new results. The book is suitable for anyone interested in pursuing research in the fields mentioned above.