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Contesting Straits-Malayness: The Fact of Borneo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2001

James T. Collins
Affiliation:
The Institute of the Malay World and Civilisation, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Abstract

Through a discussion of language use in Kalimantan Barat (Western Borneo) a better understanding of cultural and sociolinguistic phenomena that are relevant to any discussion of Malay identity can be achieved. In this complex setting, the colonial nomenclature of Malay and Dayak, though widely adopted by the people of Kalimantan, does not adequately represent the intricacy and the fluidity of social relationships and identities. Colonial knowledge matches neither the results of linguistic research nor what the Malays and Dayaks know about themselves, their languages and their identities.

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Articles
Copyright
© 2001 The National University of Singapore

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