Language Planning for Modernization: The Case of Indonesian and Malaysian

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] #14

by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana

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.

131 pages, ebook

First published December 1, 1976

About the author

Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana (STA) menamatkan HKS di Bandung (1928), meraih Mr. dari Sekolah Tinggi di Jakarta (1942), dan menerima Dr. Honoris Causa dari UI (1979) dan Universiti Sains, Penang, Malaysia (1987). Diberi nama Takdir karena jari tangannya hanya ada 4.

Pernah menjadi redaktur Panji Pustaka dan Balai Pustaka (1930-1933), kemudian mendirikan dan memimpin majalah Pujangga Baru (1933-1942 dan 1948-1953), Pembina Bahasa Indonesia (1947-1952), dan Konfrontasi (1954-1962). Pernah menjadi guru HKS di Palembang (1928-1929), dosen Bahasa Indonesia, Sejarah, dan Kebudayaan di UI (1946-1948), guru besar Bahasa Indonesia, Filsafat Kesusastraan dan Kebudayaan di Universitas Nasional, Jakarta (1950-1958), guru besar Tata Bahasa Indonesia di Universitas Andalas, Padang (1956-1958), dan guru besar & Ketua Departemen Studi Melayu Universitas Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (1963-1968).