Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- List of tables and figures
- Series editor's foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The ecology of Monsoon Asia
- 3 Linguistic ecologies of Southeast Asia
- 4 Methodological issues in the study of contact languages
- 5 Contact language formation in evolutionary theory
- 6 Congruence and frequency in Sri Lanka Malay
- 7 Identity alignment in Malay and Asian-Portuguese Diaspora
- 8 Pidgin ecologies of the China coast
- 9 Implications, conclusions, and new horizons
- References
- Index
2 - The ecology of Monsoon Asia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- List of tables and figures
- Series editor's foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The ecology of Monsoon Asia
- 3 Linguistic ecologies of Southeast Asia
- 4 Methodological issues in the study of contact languages
- 5 Contact language formation in evolutionary theory
- 6 Congruence and frequency in Sri Lanka Malay
- 7 Identity alignment in Malay and Asian-Portuguese Diaspora
- 8 Pidgin ecologies of the China coast
- 9 Implications, conclusions, and new horizons
- References
- Index
Summary
Moors from Cairo, Mecca, Aden, Abyssinians, men of Kilwa, Malindi, Ormuz, Parsees, Rumes, Turks, Turkomans, Christian Armenians, Gujaratees, men of Chaul, Dabhol, Goa, of the kingdom of Deccan, Malabars, and Klings, merchants from Orissa, Ceylon, Bengal, Arakan, Pegu, Siamese, men of Kedah, Malays, men of Pahang, Patani, Cambodia, Champa, Cochin China, Chinese, Lequeos, men of Brunei, Luçoes, men of Tamjompura, Lave, Banka, Linga (they have a thousand other islands), Moluccas, Banda, Bima, Timor, Madura, Java, Sunda, Palembang, Jambi, Tongkal, Indragiri, Kappatta, Menangkabau, Siak, Arqua (Arcat?), Aru, Bata, coutry of Tomjano, Pase, Pedir, Maldives.
On the people who come to trade in Melaka; Tomé Pires (1515 : 268)Asia is a region with a rich past and a very diverse range of cultures, a significant part of which is well documented due to the long history of civilizations that shaped the region. This is especially so for the history of China as well as South and Southeast Asia, documented since ancient times in local chronicles and imperial histories, as well as by Western observers. The region defined in chapter 1 as ‘Monsoon Asia’ is particularly interesting to us, characterized as it is by a history of grandiose naval expeditions, such as the imperial voyages of the Chinese admiral Zheng He, who at the dawn of the fifteenth century had travelled as far as the eastern coast of Africa with a massive fleet. This region was the theatre of prolonged and intense patterns of maritime trade, patterns that had been going on for many centuries and were known in Europe in ancient times, most importantly revolving around the ‘Spice Islands’.
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- Contact LanguagesEcology and Evolution in Asia, pp. 18 - 51Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009