A Comprehensive Indonesian - English Dictionary,
compiled by Alan M. Stevens and A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings
This major new dictionary is the most modern and inclusive Indonesian-English dictionary available. The product of more than twenty years of research and documentation of the Indonesian language and culture, A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary is designed to be as user-friendly as possible. Root words, meanings, proverbs, and idioms, compounds that begin with the root word, and derivatives are given. Thousands of sample sentences from primary sources illustrate meaning and usage. What is even more remarkable, no sentences are invented, ensuring complete authenticity and reliability.
The two eminent compilers possess impeccable lexigraphic credentials. Alan M. Stevens has been traveling to Indonesia to do research and to work since 1960. He is the author of articles on the Indonesian lexicon and on phonology, a book on Madurese grammar, and articles on Madurese phonology. He is coauthor of the ground-breaking A Contemporary Indonesian-English Dictionary and currently serves as a professor of linguistics at Queens College, City University of New York. The late A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings was a freelance translator and author of numerous books and articles on the Indonesian language.
Using an array of primary and secondary sources, from the classical language to the most recent slang, Stevens has completed the work he and Schmidgall-Tellings began two decades ago. Tens of thousands of new entries bring meaning and understanding to changes in technology, culture, politics, and lifestyle. Included as well is the language of government, the law, and banking, with thousands of accounting, tax, and legal terms. Technical terms in all fields, including petroleum, steel, engineering, geology, chemistry, mining, medical, and shipping, make this truly a dictionary of international usefulness.
The most authoritative and up-to-date resource on the Indonesian language today, A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary is an essential reference for students, business people, and scholars of Indonesian.
A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary, Compiled by Alan M. Stevens and A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings, Ohio University Press, ISBN 0-8214-1584-0, 7 X 10 inches, 1,184 pp., cloth $65.00. Available for US$59 from Amazon Australia or directly from Ohio University Press (used copies only $52).
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